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Figures of Speech (Figurative Language)

Figures of Speech (Figurative Language). <Literary Notes Section>. Metaphor: indirect comparison made between two unlike things (without using “like” or “as”) Ex.: “My baby sister is a doll.”

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Figures of Speech (Figurative Language)

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  1. Figures of Speech (Figurative Language) <Literary Notes Section>

  2. Metaphor: indirect comparison made between two unlike things (without using “like” or “as”) • Ex.: “My baby sister is a doll.” • Simile: comparison between two things using “like” or “as” (“than,” “similar to,” “resembles,” “appears,” or “seems”).

  3. Symbol: a thing (object, person, situation, or action) which stands for something more than itself. • Ex.: The American flag -> freedom/US; 50 stars -> 50 states • Personification: giving a nonhuman thing human-like characteristics • Ex.: “The tree danced in the breeze.”

  4. Hyperbole (overstatement): an exaggeration of the truth that is not intended to be taken literally. • Ex.: “I had so much fun shopping yesterday that I spent a billion dollars.” • Understatement: saying less than is true • Ex.: “Wow, I just saw you fall of the roof! Did that hurt?” “Just a little…”

  5. Irony: a contrast/discrepancy between what is expected/said and what really happens/truth • Dramatic irony: the reader knows something that a character does not • Verbal irony: what is being said is not true (like sarcasm) • Situational irony: a twist in the story in which something happens which both the reader and character(s) did not expect

  6. Alliteration: repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning (within) words • Ex.: “Sally sells seashells by the seashore.” • Onomatopoeia: a word that imitates a sound • Ex.: “hiss,” “buzz,” “snap”

  7. Apostrophe: addressing something that cannot respond (absent/dead person, something nonhuman, an abstract, etc.) • Ex.: “Why you got to die, puppy?” • Allusion: in reference to a statement, person, place, thing, literature, sports, TV, history, etc. • Antithesis: a contrast of ideas expressed in a grammatically balanced statement. • Ex.: “…wretches hang so that jurymen may dine.”

  8. Synecdoche: a part of a thing that stands for the whole • Ex.: “All hands on deck!” • Idioms: groups of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary meaning of the words. • Ex.: “Put a lid on it!” “Take a hike!” “Cat got your tongue?” “Don’t let the cat out of the bag!” “He came out the closet.”

  9. “The Scarlet Ibis” Figures of Speech Chart (384)

  10. “The Scarlet Ibis” Guidelines for Notes (Period 1, 384) • Definition of “ibis”: • Definition of “allegory”: • Characters: • Narrator • Doodle • Point of View • Setting • Plot • Conflict(s) • Irony • Symbolism • Theme • Climax/Resolution

  11. “The Scarlet Ibis” Notes (4th Period, 384) • Define “allegory”: • Define “ibis”: • Setting: • Characters • Narrator • Doodle • Plot: • Point of view: • Irony: • Conflict(s): • Rising/Falling Action: • Theme(s): • Unknown terms:

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