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Journal Topic. Write about a time when you were accused of doing something, what were you accused of and why? If this has never happened to you, write about a time when you accused someone of doing something to you but later learned that they were innocent. How did you feel?.

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Journal Topic

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  1. Journal Topic Write about a time when you were accused of doing something, what were you accused of and why? If this has never happened to you, write about a time when you accused someone of doing something to you but later learned that they were innocent. How did you feel? Were you ever accused of something you didn't do? 

  2. Figurative Language • Figurative Language with Will Ferrell

  3. Notes • Write the term and the definition in your notes • You will create your own examples after viewing mine • Leave a space to find an example from the text for each term

  4. Example • Term- definition (copy the definition, but do not worry if you do not have it written down word for word) • EX- This is an example that you create based upon your understanding (we will share 2 to see if they are correct-make corrections on your own) • EX:Pg.- Leave 2-3 open lines. You will go back and add this information later.

  5. Simile • Simile-a comparison of two or more things/ideas using the words like or as

  6. MY EXAMPLE • EX: “Your love is like a rollercoaster” -Ohio Players

  7. Metaphor • Metaphor-A comparison made between things which are essentially not alike. It is similar to a simile, but does not use like or as

  8. MY Example • EX: “ 'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life” –The Verve

  9. MY Example • “Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind”-Kansas

  10. Personification • Personification-When something that is not human is given human-like qualities

  11. MY Example • “I look at the floor and I see it need sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps” –The Beatles

  12. MY Example • “Sweet days of summer, the jasmine's in bloom July is dressed up and playing her tune” -Seals & Crofts

  13. Hyperbole • Hyperbole-Exaggerating, often in a humorous way, to make a particular point.

  14. MY Example • "You shake my nerves and you rattle my brains"-Jerry Lee Lewis

  15. MY Example • “You see I met a devil named Buena, Buena”- Morphine

  16. Onomatopoeia • Onomatopoeia-Naming an action by imitating the sound associated with it.

  17. MY Example • “Splish splash I was takin' a bath.” –Bobby Darin

  18. MY Example • “Ring, ring, ring goes the telephone. The light’s are on but there’s no one home.” -Madonna

  19. Idiom • Idiom-A common figure of speech whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of its words.

  20. MY Example • “I'm old school and you're so new”-Lady Gaga

  21. MY Example • “He's a wolf in disguise” -Lady Gaga

  22. Symbol • Symbol-A person, place, or object that has a concrete meaning in itself and also stands for something beyond itself, such as an idea or feeling

  23. Example • American flag is a symbol of patriotism and a love for one’s country.

  24. Example • “Bye, bye Miss American Piedrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry” –Don McLean

  25. Alliteration • Alliteration-the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

  26. Example • “Prune Pits, Peach Pits, Orange Peel Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout, wouldn’t take the garbage out” –Shell Silverstein

  27. Imagery • Imagery-descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader. Imagery usually appeals to one or more of the five senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch—to help the reader imagine exactly what is being described.

  28. Examples • Sight “Picture yourself in a boat on a river/With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.” –The Beatles • Hearing-The music coursed through us, shaking our bodies as if it came from within us.

  29. Examples • Smell“A scent of ripeness from over a wall...smelling the sweetness in no theft.”-Robert Frost • Taste- “I say feed me./She serves me red prickly pear on a spiked cactus.” -Pat Mora • Touch– “I say tease me./She sprinkles raindrops in my face on a sunny day.” -Pat Mora

  30. Allusion • Allusion: A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event--real or fictional (usually well-known).

  31. Examples • "I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-el, to save the Planet Earth.“ -Barack Obama

  32. Repetition • Repetition-a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity

  33. Examples You are not your body, you are not your bones. What’s essential about you Is what can’t be owned. —Marilyn Nelson, “Not My Bones”

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