Monday, March 20, 2017

3/20/17

Literature 8 - Wednesday, 4/5 - Poetry vocab test. Rhyme - imagery.
Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in words that appear close to one another in a poem.
End Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in words which occurs at the end of two or more lines.
Refrain: A word, phrase, line, or group of lines that are repeated regularly in a poem.
Infer: A reasonable conclusion one can draw on clues or evidence given.
Figurative language: Language that is meant to be interpreted imaginatively, not literally. (I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.)
*Simile: A comparison between two basically unlike things using the words "Like" or "AS." (She is like the sun.)
*Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things saying something is something else. Doesn’t use "Like" or "As." (She is the sun.)
*Extended metaphor: A comparison that makes more than one continued point of comparison.

*Imagery: The use of vivid language to describe people, places, things, and ideas. Creates a mental picture. Suggests how things look and also how they sound, smell, taste, and feel.