Poetry: Mood and Figurative Language

What is "mood" in literature?

• The feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for readers.

• A comparison between two different things using the words “like” or “as.” Example: She is as innocent as a lamb.

• A comparison between two things that are not similar. “Like” or “as” are not used. Example: Time is money.

• Giving human traits to non-living things. Example: The moon is smiling at us.

• A person, place, object or activity that stands for something beyond itself. Example: The drum in “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” could represent the heart and life.

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What is "alliteration"?

• The feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for readers.

• A comparison between two different things using the words “like” or “as.” Example: She is as innocent as a lamb.

• The same letter or sound of words in the same line or stanza. Example: The wicked witch of the west.

• Giving human traits to non-living things. Example: The moon is smiling at us.

• A person, place, object or activity that stands for something beyond itself. Example: The drum in “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” could represent the heart and life.

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What is "symbolism"?

• The feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for readers.

• A person, place, object or activity that stands for something beyond itself. Example: The drum in “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” could represent the heart and life.

• The same letter or sound of words in the same line or stanza. Example: The wicked witch of the west.

• A comparison between two different things using the words “like” or “as.” Example: She is as innocent as a lamb.

• Giving human traits to non-living things. Example: The moon is smiling at us.

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What is "simile"?

• A comparison between two different things using the words “like” or “as.” Example: She is as innocent as a lamb.

• A comparison between two things that are not similar. “Like” or “as” are not used. Example: Time is money.

• Giving human traits to non-living things. Example: The moon is smiling at us.

• A person, place, object or activity that stands for something beyond itself. Example: The drum in “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” could represent the heart and life.

• The feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for readers.

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What is "metaphor"?

• A comparison between two different things using the words “like” or “as.” Example: She is as innocent as a lamb.

• A comparison between two things that are not similar. “Like” or “as” are not used. Example: Time is money.

• Giving human traits to non-living things. Example: The moon is smiling at us.

• The same letter or sound of words in the same line or stanza. Example: The wicked witch of the west.

• The feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for readers.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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What is "personification"?

• The feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for readers.

• A comparison between two different things using the words “like” or “as.” Example: She is as innocent as a lamb.

• A comparison between two things that are not similar. “Like” or “as” are not used. Example: Time is money.

• Giving human traits to non-living things. Example: The moon is smiling at us.

• A person, place, object or activity that stands for something beyond itself. Example: The drum in “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” could represent the heart and life.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

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