Collection 2 project

1. Collection 2 project By: Tiffany Conkel

2. Definitions • Figures of speech-A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of something else and that is not meant to be taken literally. • Metaphor- makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles. • Symbolism-A literary movement that originated in late-nineteenth-century France, in which writers rearranged the world of appearances in order to reveal a more truthful version of reality. • Rhythm- The alteration of stressed and unstressed syllables in language. • Rhyme-The repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables and all succeeding syllables. • Meter-A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry • Alliteration- the repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in the words that are close together. • Onomatopoeia- The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. • Assonance-The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words close together. • Consonance-The repetition of the same or similar final consonant sounds on accented syllables or in important words.

3. Figure of Speech • “Society is a joint-stock company” • Ralph Waldo Emerson compares abstract ideas to ordinary events or things to show figures of speech • Self-Reliance

4. Metaphor • The Chambered Nautilus is a metaphor • Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote a poem titled above that is a metaphor comparing a Nautilus to a person who changes homes

5. Symbolism • “…He grew old this knight so bold…” • “…As his strength, failed him at length, he met a pilgrim shadow…” • Edgar Allen Poe • Eldorado • Characters of the knight and of the shadow from this story has a meaning of symbolism.

6. Rhythm

7. Rhyme • Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!– For the soul is dead that slumbers, and things are not what the seem. • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • “A Psalm of life”

8. Meter • Comes a still voice– Yet a few days, and thee The beholding sun shall see no more • William Cullen Bryant uses inversion to maintain his meter. • Inversion- rearranging of the usual word order in sentences. • Thanatopsis

9. Alliteration • “…this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore.” • Edgar Allen Poe • The Raven • This shows alliteration by repeating the g four times.

10. Onomotopoeia

11. Assonance • The tide rises, The tide falls, the twilight darkens, the curlew calls • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • “ The tide rises, the tide falls”

12. Consonance

13. Generalizations • “I unsettle all things. No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker, with no Past at my back.” • I admire Emerson for being able to live like this and believe this. I wish I could and everyone else could live like this. I am impressed to be able to see a writer believe this way. • Ralph Waldo Emerson

14. Old English relates to New English • It relates to old english in the old days because in the old days they wrote about romance and love stories. Now people love reading about love and romance because they are surrounded by hate, wars, and fire.

15. Works cited • Elements of Literature • Index • Glossary • Contents