Review of Literary Terms

1. Review of Literary Terms Ms. Quale

2. Do Now! • Write down some characteristics of Bergenfield High School. • This can include: • Important people • Important events • Description of a typical day • The school’s unique attributes

3. Think-Pair-Share • Write down as many as you can. • What is the definition/example of: • Metaphor • Allusion • Symbolism • Hyperbole • Understatement • Simile

4. Metaphor • The merging of two ideas or elements • One is used to modify the meaning of the other • Some characteristics of the latter are transferred to the former

5. Example • “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost • I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference

6. Allusion • An implied or indirect reference to something assumed to be known. • This can include a historical event or person, a well-known quotation from literature, or a famous work of art.

7. Example • “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot • No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool.

8. Symbolism • Using words to express the highly complex feelings that grow out of everyday contact with the world. • The use of one object to represent another. • Example: flag to symbolize nation, religious symbols to represent beliefs

9. Hyperbole • Exaggeration used for emphasis • Not to be interpreted literally • Used to evoke strong feelings • Used in casual speech • Example: • “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell: “An hundred years should go to praise thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze” • “I have been waiting here for ages.” • “Your momma jokes”

10. Understatement • A form of speech which contains an expression of less strength than would be expected. • Often used for comedic effect • Example: “Hank Aaron was a pretty good baseball player.” • "I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain."(Holden Caulfield in The Catcher In The Rye, by J. D. Salinger)

11. Simile • The comparison of two elements. • Both still maintain their identity • Example: “My love is like a red, red rose,” "Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep“ (Carl Sandburg), “Men are like blenders...you need one, but you're not quite sure why.”

12. Activity • 1. Move into groups of 3 or 4. • 2. Complete the following in your groups: • Use your “Do Now” activity and make it into a poem about your school. • Use all of the literary terms in your poem. • Draw a scene from the poem on the bottom of the page and beneath the scene, identify which literary term you are depicting.

13. Exit Ticket • How do you think that the knowledge of these literary terms will help you with your reading and writing in the future? Which terms do you think will be particularly useful, and why? Must be at least two paragraphs long.