Tropes & Schemes

What is a trope?

• an artful variation from the typical or expected way a word or idea is expressed

• an artful variation from the typical arrangement of words in a sentence

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a scheme?

• an artful variation from the typical or expected way a word or idea is expressed

• an artful variation from the typical arrangement of words in a sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Allusion

• An expression of meaning that compares two unlike things.

• A brief reference to a real or fictitious person, place, event, or work of art.

• Addressing a person in a speech or composition who is not present.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Apostrophe

• Addressing a person in a speech or composition who is not present.

• A comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”

• A punctuation mark

• A brief reference to a real or fictitious person, place, event, or work of art.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Metaphor

• Giving inanimate or non-human things human characteristics.

• A comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”

• An expression of meaning that compares two unlike things.

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely placed words.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Simile

• A comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”

• An expression of meaning that compares two unlike things.

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely placed words.

• Giving inanimate or non-human things human characteristics.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Alliteration

• The intentional use of words that sound like their meaning.

• The repetition of the same consonant sounds repeated in a group of words.

• The repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants inside a line.

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely placed words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

Assonance

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely placed words.

• The repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants inside a line.

• The repetition of the same consonant sounds repeated in a group of words.

• The intentional use of words that sound like their meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

Consonance

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely placed words.

• The intentional use of words that sound like their meaning.

• The repetition of the same consonant sounds repeated in a group of words.

• A gross exaggeration to make an effect or to highlight something.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

Onomatopoeia

• The intentional use of words that sound like their meaning.

• A comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”

• Giving inanimate or non-human things human characteristics.

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely placed words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5