Tuesday, March 10

Classwork
1. Poetry Pre-test

2. Literary devices: copy definition into packet and come up with an example.

animism: assigning animal characteristics to humans. see example
alliteration: repetition of the same sound in a line. Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds/ Towards Phoebus' lodging! (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, III, ii, 1).
imagery: descriptions meant to appeal to the five senses. One minute it was Ohio winter, with doors closed, windows locked, the panes blind with frost, icicles fringing every roof... (Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles, 1).
metaphor: direct comparison between two unrelated things. Her brother is a pig.
personification: giving human qualities or actions to something nonhuman. The Pop Rocks danced on my tongue.
repetition: the use of sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines more than once; used to emphasize an idea or feeling. Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster for everybody (Natalia Ginzburg, The Little Virtues, 1962).
simile: comparison between two things using like or as. When Jayne punched Jackson, his stomach gave like a sack of flour.
symbol: something that stands for or represents something else. The eagle is a symbol of America.

Homework
Bookmarks due tomorrow.