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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ?? 1. ?Alliteration: ?Repetition of a beginning consonant sound?????????Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.??2. ?Assonance: ?Repetition of a vowel sound ?????????The sound of the hound was bound to make me crazy.??3. ?Hyperbole: ?Exaggeration?????????I am so hungry; I could eat a horse.??4. ?Personification: ?Giving human qualities to something that is not human?????????The trees danced in the wind.??5. ?Metaphor: ?A comparison that does not use like or as?????????Her face is an open book.??6. ?Simile: ?A comparison that uses like or as????????? Her face is like an open book.??7. ?Onomatopoeia: ?A word that sounds like what it means?????????Crack! ?Boom! ?Blam!??8. ?Symbolism: ?Something that represents or stands for something

Analyzing Poetry

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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

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I: Critical Analysis of Poetry Discussion Questions to Determine Theme of a Poem 1. What is happening in the poem? 2. Why do you think the author wrote this poem? 3. How did the poem make you feel? 4. Did the poem remind you of anything? 5. What big idea was the poet trying to get across to the reader? 6. What do you think the theme of this poem is? The process of analyzing a poem

Analyzing Fiction

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Needs and Desires: Understand the inner struggles of characters. What are their needs and desires in the beginning, middle, and end? What is Jonas like at the start of the novel, and how or why does he change? What does he want? Conflict: Identify the central conflict. List the protagonist?s friends and enemies. Are there conflicts between characters, between Jonas and his society, or between Jonas and his own self? Motifs: Pay attention to visual cues. Search for symbols or motifs that represent something else. What does the red apple signify in Jonas? colorless world? What does the music that Jonas hears at the end suggest? Subtext: Examine dialogue and action between characters. Does Jonas say or do things he doesn?t want to say or do?

Literary Terms

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Mrs. Warren English I Fiction Literary Terms Fiction: Any writing from the author?s imagination. Narrative fiction: any writing from the author?s imagination that tells a story. It may be a short story, a novella, a novellette, a novel. Character: a person or animal in a story or work of literature. Characterization: the process by which a writer makes that character seem real to the reader. Protagonist: the main character of a story who is left changed by the conflict. A protagonist DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A HERO. The protagonist may not be a likable character, but he or she MUST be left changed by the conflict in the story Antagonist: the character, force, or collection of forces which oppose the protagonist and give rise to the conflict of the story

Two Kinds by Amy Tan

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Parodies of My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

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Henry Couchman

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Two Kinds Amy Tan My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America. You could open a restaurant. You could work for the government and get good retirement. You could buy a house with almost no money down. You could become rich. You could become instantly famous. "Of course, you can be a prodigy, too," my mother told me when I was nine. "You can be best anything. What does Auntie Lindo know? Her daughter, she is only best tricky." America was where all my mother's hopes lay. She had come to San Francisco in 1949 after losing everything in China: her mother and father, her home, her first husband, and two daughters, twin baby girls. But she never looked back with regret. Things could get better in so many ways.

beowulf essay

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Ian Konrad Mr. Schmidt English 10 H 29 September 2014 A hero is one who places himself or herself at risk for another by performing great deeds of courage. Often in our society today, athletes are looked up to as heroes. Derek Jeter is an excellent example of a modern day hero. He is looked up to by many for his strength, leadership, and success. He is very similar to Beowulf in many ways. Beowulf, from the epic Beowulf, is an old English fictional hero. Although Derek Jeter and Beowulf are both heroes in our world, their heroic actions are very different. While Derek Jeter is a modern day sports hero who inspired many, Beowulf is an old English fictional hero that has many different qualities.

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Ian Konrad Mr. Shmidt English 10 H 9-15-14 There are so many different types of heroes in our world. Each one of them is important for our society through different ways. Heroes, whether they be a person or a thing, are especially important in the world we live in today. Heroes are helping ordinary people even if they do not notice it. Three characteristics that clearly define a hero are humbleness, courage, and dedication.

Jane Eyre Reading Guide

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Brandon Scherr 8/28/13 Jane is 10 years old. Mr. Reed was Jane?s Uncle, he died and told his wife to keep caring for Jane as her own. They were her ?family.? Aunt Reed, the kids, and the servants all treated her terribly, except for Bessie. Jane hid behind a curtain to read her book. John got mad at her and threw a book at her behind the curtain, it hit her in the head and they started fighting. Jane was blamed for the fight, and was sent to the Red Room. While Jane is in the Red Room, she sees a bright light and assumes that it is her Uncle Reed?s ghost. She starts screaming for someone to let her out. Mrs. Reed just thinks that Jane wants attention so she does not let Jane out of the room, and eventually Jane passes out due to exhaustion.

As I Lay Dying Study Guide

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