LITERARY TERMS
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JOURNAL ENTRY
• WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT
BODY PARAGRAPHS? WHAT DO THEY
DO?
QUIZ DATE – AUGUST 26TH
1. ABSTRACT LANGUAGE
Words that describe ideas, emotions, or
other things that you cannot draw a
picture of.
1. ABSTRACT LANGUAGE
Words that describe ideas, emotions, or other things that you
cannot draw a picture of.
1. ABSTRACT LANGUAGE
Words that describe ideas, emotions, or other things that you
cannot draw a picture of.
1. ABSTRACT LANGUAGE
Words that describe ideas, emotions, or other things that you
cannot draw a picture of.
1. ABSTRACT LANGUAGE
Words that describe ideas, emotions, or other things that you
cannot draw a picture of.
TRUTH
1. ABSTRACT LANGUAGE
EX:
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
EX:
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of
desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of
To say that for
hate
destruction
Is also great
And would suffice.
ice
2. ALLITERATION
When words that start with the same
letter or have the same sound repeat.
2. ALLITERATION
“PAPER PEOPLE”
BY HENRY BAKER
https://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=Z94sQ
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2 ALLITERATION
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter
Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck
of pickled peppers How many pickled
peppers did Peter Piper pick?
“You'll never put a better bit of butter on your knife."
3.
ALLLUSION
•A reference to a certain place,
person, piece of art, other
literature, or historical event in
a piece of literature.
EXAMPLES IN SONG
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk
through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will
fear no evil, for you are
with me; your rod and
your staff, they comfort
me.
EXAMPLES IN SONG
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk
through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will
fear no evil, for you are
with me; your rod and
your staff, they comfort
me.
“Gangsta’s Paradise”
As I walk through the valley of
the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and
realize there's nothin' left
'Cause I've been blasting and
laughing so long,
That even my mama thinks that
my mind is gone
EXAMPLES IN SONG
“Love Story” Taylor Swift
That you were Romeo, you were throwing
pebbles,
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you, "Please don't go"
And I said...
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
EXAMPLES IN SONG
“Love Story” Taylor Swift
That you were Romeo, you were throwing
pebbles,
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you, "Please don't go"
And I said...
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
EXAMPLES IN COMMON SPEECH
• You're a regular Einstein. (allusion to a historical figure)
• You are carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.
(reference to Atlas in myth)
• Don't be a Scrooge! (reference to A Christmas Carol by Charles
Dickens)
4.
ANALOGY
Comparing two things by
examining their
similarities.
EXAMPLE
Grave men, near death, who
see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like
meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of
the light.
Grave men, near death, who
see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like
meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of
the light.
5.
ANTONYM
a word opposite in meaning
to another
ANTONYM BLUES
•https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=cPddLCf73QA