Literary Terms Review

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Writing Terms Review

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• Visually descriptive or figurative language that invokes one of your senses.

• A statement which represents something as being smaller, worse, or less important.

• A joke exploiting the different possible meanings or pronunciations of a word or words.

Exaggerated statements or
claims not meant to be taken
literally.

Hyperbole

“He’s got the whole world on his shoulders!"


"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of a simile?

• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.

• Visually descriptive or figurative language that invokes one of your senses.

• A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.

Simile

“He's as strong as an ox!"


"She's as mean as a honey badger."


"The tornado cut through the town like a hot knife through butter."

Open Ended

Write an example of a simile.

Oxymoron

“Don't be such a big baby."


"They gave a bittersweet goodbye."


"I love Led Zeppelin."

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Oxymoron

“Don't be such a big baby."


"They gave a bittersweet goodbye."


"I love Led Zeppelin."

Multiple Select

Select all examples of an oxymoron.

• Plastic Silverware

• Bestselling Novel

• Cold Glass

• Jumbo Shrimp

Allusion

“The preacher was a good Samaritan."


"Good food is my Achilles' heel."

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.

Allusion

“The preacher was a good Samaritan."


"Good food is my Achilles' heel."

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of a metaphor?

• A joke exploiting the different possible meanings or pronunciations of a word or words.

• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.

• A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• Visually descriptive or figurative language that invokes one of your senses.

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Metaphor

“Life is a highway."


"He's a wild animal on the dance floor."


"Her eyes are diamonds."

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of onomatopoeia?

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning off adjacent of closely connected words.

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named.

• A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

• The attribution of a personal nature or human traits to something non-human.

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named.

Onomatopoeia

• Crunch

• Buzz

• Boom

• Clink

• Clatter

Open Ended

What is an animal with an onomatopoeia in its name?
(Its name sounds like the noise it makes.)

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings or pronunciations of a word or words.

Pun

“Hello Hungry, I'm Mr. DeLoach."


"Is journalism hard? Yeah, but you just have to press on."


"The town is barely holding on with so many bears about."

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings or pronunciations of a word or words.

Pun

“Hello Hungry, I'm Mr. DeLoach."


"Is journalism hard? Yeah, but you just have to press on."


"The town is barely holding on with so many bears about."

Open Ended

Write a pun.

Multiple Select

Select all examples of alliteration.

• Talking Dog

• Carefully Constructed Catamaran

• Raining Cats and Dogs

• Victorious Victorian Valet

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning off adjacent of closely connected words.

Alliteration

“Hello Hungry, I'm Mr. DeLoach."


"Is journalism hard? Yeah, but you just have to press on."


"The town is barely holding on with so many bears about."

Personification

“That orange rolled off the counter like he had somewhere to be."


"The trees danced in the wind."


"The sun is smiling down on us."

The attribution of a personal nature or human traits to something non-human.

Personification

“That orange rolled off the counter like he had somewhere to be."


"The trees danced in the wind."


"The sun is smiling down on us."

Open Ended

Write a sentence personifying this squirrel.

Postcard Inspired Writing

Hand-Out Phase

DO NOT WRITE ON THE POSTCARDS!


I will come around to you, please pick a Postcard and take an Index Card.


Examine your Postcard.

​Instructions

Writing Phase

You will write a short story using imaginative language with the following requirements.

- 6 Sentences
- 1 Metaphor
- 1 Simile
- 1 Sentence of Imagery
- 1 Other
ex. Hyperbole, Oxymoron, Allusion, Onomatopoeia, Pun, Alliteration, Personification

​Instructions

"Your eyes are a sea, and I am drowning," John Alden said as his hands clasped those of Priscilla. He watched the tail of her cerulean dress ruffle like waves along the sea as they walked. He had, like the ship carrying, Odysseus, run aground upon the latter half of her name.

The sand crunched under their feet as she looked up into his face. Her cheeks were as red as roses in the cold sea air. "Dear husband, I sea what you are doing." Her smile widened as she pulled her hand away, "But you musn't hold my hand so tightly, like a crab. It makes you appear shellfish."

​Working Example

Workshop Phase

Write your name on your index card.

Hand your Post Card and Index Card to your desk partner.

Complete the feedback worksheet. (I will model this!)

​Instructions