Figurative Language & Literary Devices Lesson - Part 2

Figurative Language & Literary Devices Lesson

3 Types of Irony

• Dramatic Irony: the audience knows something that the character does not

• Verbal Irony: contradiction between what is said and what is meant

• Situational Irony: Contradiction between what is expected and what actually happens

Multiple Choice

The end scene in Romeo and Juliet where the audience knows that Juliet isn't really dead, but Romeo believes she is, is an example of what type of irony?

• dramatic

• verbal

• situational

Multiple Choice

In the The Necklace, what type of irony is it when we learn that the original diamond necklace was actually fake?

• dramatic

• verbal

• situational

Multiple Choice

IF the author had told us, the audience, that the diamond necklace in the story The Necklace was fake, but the characters did not know that, it would then be what kind of irony?

• dramatic

• verbal

• situational

Multiple Choice

Sarcasm, or the practice of saying something like "Oh fantastic!" when something bad happens, is an example of what type of irony.

• dramatic

• verbal

• situational

Imagery

Language that is so descriptive, the reader is able to visualize the scene

What words would you use to describe this scene with lots of imagery?

Sensory Language

Language that uses the 5 senses to describe something (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell)

What sensory words would you use to describe this situation?

Hyperbole

An exaggeration that is so dramatic, no one would believe it is true. Often done to make a point - can be one line, or can be an entire story.

Repetition

When a specific word or phrase is repeated to emphasize a particular idea.

Simile

Comparison between two things using "like" or "as": Your eyes are as bright as shining stars.

Metaphor

• Simple Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things - "Your eyes are shining stars." (does not use "like" or "as", but is otherwise very much like a simile)

• Extended Metaphor: a metaphor that is carried over many sentences or lines.

Onomatopoeia

Words that describe or imitate a natural sound. (Crash! Bang! Boom! Ring.)

Personification

When human characteristics are given to inanimate objects, animals, or things that are not human.

Alliteration

The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words.

Diction

The choice of words that an author or speaker uses. The words you choose make a difference in formality, tone, mood, and much more.

Foreshadowing

When future events are hinted at earlier in the story. These suggestions can happen in a number of ways.

Parallelism

The use of similar or identical language, structures, events, or ideas in different parts of texts (think of parallel lines - now think - parallelism is how authors keep things unified).

Multiple Choice

Edgar A. Poe - Annabel Lee

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

"Beautiful Annabel Lee" is an example of: ________.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Repetition

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

"Ding Dong" is an example of ____________.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Sensory Language

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Maya Angelou: Still I Rise

You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

But still, like air, I’ll rise.

"But still, like air, I'll rise." is an example of _________.

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!" is an example of: ______________.

• Foreshadowing

• Extended Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Maya Angelou - Still I Rise

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.

The repetition of the "you may" lines for a structure that is identical (even to other verses in the poem). This is called __________.

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Parallelism

• Diction

Multiple Choice

These two questions use different words to ask the same thing.

1. "I would very much like to come along with you to the store if that is okay."

2. "Yo! You gotta take me with you to the store!"

The difference is word choice, which we can also call _______.

• Diction

• Parallelism

• Sensory Language

• Irony

Multiple Choice

In "Echo and Narcissus," the prophet tells the mother in the beginning of the story that Narcissus will live a long life "if he never sees himself." This is an example of ________________ of the end of the story.

• Onomatopoeia

• Foreshadowing

• Parallelism

• Situational Irony

Multiple Choice

Robert Frost - Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.

The repetition of the letter "H" in "Her hardest hue to hold" is an example of ______________.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Sensory Language

• Verbal Irony