Interacting with Figurative Language and Poetry Alliteration

Interacting with Figurative Language and Poetry

Alliteration EQ: What is Alliteration? ? Why do writers use it? n n What is the poetic device that is being used in “Animalia”? What types of figurative language do you see in the words/illustrations? Johnny Carson video – can you keep track of this story? ? http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=cjqu. Gpmgw. Oo n

Tantalizing Tongue Twisters ADJECTIVE IN THE FIRST BLANK, ADVERB IN THE SECOND BLANK An armadillo ate Both badgers begged The coyote crawled A dog dug Each emu eats Some fleas flew The goose grabbled Our hen hopped An iguana implored Some jackals jumped A koala kissed The llama leapt Many monkeys mumbled .

Your Turn! n Create your own tongue twister using one of the following beginning sounds: R S T K

Allusion EQ: What is Allusion? Why do writers use it? What do I need to identify it? n “Unbreakable” Alicia Keys http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=2 x. Uu. Id. DJ j 7 E&safe=active

Ain’t I a Woman? Sojourner Truth That man over there say A woman needs to be helped into carriages And lifted over ditches And to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helped me into carriages Or over mud puddles Or gives me a best place. . . And ain't I a woman? Look at me Look at my arm! I have plowed and planted And gathered into barns And no man could head me. . . And ain't I a woman?

I could work as much And eat as much as a man— When I could get to it— And bear the lash as well And ain't I a woman? I have born 13 children and seen most all sold into slavery and when I cried out a mother's grief none but Jesus heard me. . . and ain't I a woman?

That little man in black there say a woman can't have as much rights as a man cause Christ wasn't a woman Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with him! If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, all alone together women ought to be able to turn it rightside up again.

“Ain’t I a Woman” Activity n n n n Line 1: Who is the “man” to which the author refers? Line 6: What is the author alluding to, “Or over mud puddles”? Line 10: What does the author mean, “I have plowed and planted”? Line 12: Explain the “and no man could head me. ” Line 24: Who is the “little man in black” Line 28/29: What famous moment is the author alluding to? Line 30, 31, 32: What other famous moment is the author alluding to? What is your impression of the author? Why?

Allusion Activity List 10 characters from fairy tales, folk tales, or mythology. n Come up with 3 original examples (1 -2 sentences) that allude to these characters and offer an explanation why the character you are writing about compares to the character you’re alluding to. Ex. Gillian was a modern day Sleeping Beauty. She lay motionless and radiant on the park bench. n

Simile/Metaphor EQ: What is a simile? A metaphor? What effect do these figures of speech have on the reader? Simile examples: n She is as sweet as candy. n Bob runs like a deer. n He is as thin as a rail. Metaphor examples: n My dad is a bear in the mornings. n The bar of soap was a slippery eel sliding through my hands. n Victoria was a ray of sunshine.

Similes and Metaphors in Music Song/Artist: Simile/Metaphor (specify which one) 1. Explanation (What is being compared): 2. Explanation:

Sparks Fly : Taylor Swift The way you move is like a full on rain storm And I’m a house of cards Song/Artist: Sparks Fly/ Taylor Swift Simile/Metaphor (specify which one) 1. The way you move is like a full on rain storm Explanation: This boy is like a storm that blows past her. 2. I’m a house of cards Explanation: He makes her weak in the knees.

A Hard Day’s Night: The Beatles It’s been a hard day’s night And I’ve been working like a dog It’s been a hard days night I should be sleeping like a log

Heartless: Kanye West How could you be so Cold as the winter wind when it breeze yo?

Glass: Thompson Square Tryin' to live and love With a heart that can't be broken Is like tryin' to see the light With eyes that can't be opened We may shine, we may shatter We may be pickin' up the pieces here on after We are fragile, we are human We are shaped by the light we let through us But we break fast 'cause we are glass 'Cause we are glass We might be oil in water This could be a big mistake We might burn like gasoline and fire It's a chance we'll have to take

Stereo Hearts: Gym Class Heroes My heart's a stereo It beats for you, so listen close Hear my thoughts in every no-o-o-te Make me your radio And turn me up when you feel low This melody was meant for you Just sing along to my stereo

Stereo Hearts: Gym Class Heroes baby! If I was just another dusty record on the shelf Would you blow me off and play me like everybody else? If I asked you to scratch my back, could you manage that? Like yea [scratched], check it Travie, I can handle that Furthermore, I apologize for any skipping tracks It's just the last girl that played me left a couple cracks I used to, now I'm over that 'Cause holding grudges over love is ancient artifacts

Stereo Hearts: Gym Class Heroes If I could only find a note to make you understand I'd sing it softly in your ear and grab you by the hand Just keep it stuck inside your head, like your favorite tune And know my heart's a stereo that only plays for you

Stereo Hearts: Gym Class Heroes If I was an old-school fifty pound boombox (remember them? ) Would you hold me on your shoulder wherever you walk Would you turn my volume up in front of the cops (turn it up) And crank it higher everytime they told you to stop And all I ask is that you don't get mad at me When you have to purchase mad D batteries Appreciate every mixtape your friends make You never know we come and go like on the interstate I only pray you'll never leave me behind (never leave me) Because good music can be so hard to find (so hard to find) I take your hand hold it closer to mine Thought love was dead, but now you're changing my mind

Diamonds: Rihanna Shine bright like a diamond Find light in the beautiful sea I choose to be happy You and I, you and I We’re like diamonds in the sky You’re a shooting star I see A vision of ecstasy When you hold me, I’m alive We’re like diamonds in the sky

Times Like These: The Foo Fighters I am a one way motorway I'm the one that drives away Then follows you back home I am a street light shining I'm a wild light blinding bright Burning off alone I am a new day rising I'm a brand new sky To hang the stars upon tonight I am a little divided Do I stay or run away And leave it all behind?

Love, Love ACTIVITY Take notes about the similes you hear in this song http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=fyc. GFGSe. Kpc&safe =active

Onomatopoeia EQ: What is onomatopoeia and what does it create for a reader/listener? Boom Powwwwww http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=4 m 48 Gqa. Oz 90&safe=active Batman, Robin, and the Riddler! Look for examples of onomatopoeia that you can see AND hear. http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=e. QYU 8 UEgud. Q

An excerpt from THE CONGO by Vachel Lindsay THEN I SAW THE CONGO, CREEPING THROUGH THE BLACK, CUTTING THROUGH THE JUNGLE WITH A GOLDEN TRACK. Then along that river-bank A thousand miles Tattoed cannibals danced in files; Then I heard the boom of the blood-lust song And a thigh-bone beating on a tin-pan gong. And "BLOOD" screamed the whistles and the fifes of the warriors, "BLOOD" screamed the skull-faced, lean witch-doctors, "Whirl ye the deadly voodoo rattle,

THE CONGO CONT. Harry the uplands, Steal all the cattle, Rattle-rattle, rattle-rattle, Bing! Boomlay, boomlay, Boom, " A roaring, epic, rag-time tune From the mouth of the Congo To the Mountains of the Moon. Death is an Elephant, Torch-eyed and horrible, Foam-flanked and terrible. Boom, Like the wind Hoo, Hoo.

Thinking about “The Congo” n n What examples of onomatopoeia did you see in “The Congo”? What effect does the use of onomatopoeia have on the poem and on you as a reader?

Comic book artists! Your goal: create a comic of at least 10 frames n Depict: 1. One conflict 2. A climax (check out the plotter coaster) 3. At least 8 different sounds n