Literary Terms Review

Exaggerated statements or
claims not meant to be taken
literally.

“He’s got the whole world on his shoulders!"


"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.

“He's as strong as an ox!"


"She's as mean as a honey badger."


"The tornado cut through the town like a hot knife through butter."

“Don't be such a big baby."


"They gave a bittersweet goodbye."


"I love Led Zeppelin."

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

“Don't be such a big baby."


"They gave a bittersweet goodbye."


"I love Led Zeppelin."

“The preacher was a good Samaritan."


"Good food is my Achilles' heel."

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.

“The preacher was a good Samaritan."


"Good food is my Achilles' heel."

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

“Life is a highway."


"He's a wild animal on the dance floor."


"Her eyes are diamonds."

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named.

• Crunch

• Buzz

• Boom

• Clink

• Clatter

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings or pronunciations of a word or words.

“Hello Hungry, I'm Mr. DeLoach."


"Is journalism hard? Yeah, but you just have to press on."


"The town is barely holding on with so many bears about."

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings or pronunciations of a word or words.

“Hello Hungry, I'm Mr. DeLoach."


"Is journalism hard? Yeah, but you just have to press on."


"The town is barely holding on with so many bears about."

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning off adjacent of closely connected words.

“Hello Hungry, I'm Mr. DeLoach."


"Is journalism hard? Yeah, but you just have to press on."


"The town is barely holding on with so many bears about."

“That orange rolled off the counter like he had somewhere to be."


"The trees danced in the wind."


"The sun is smiling down on us."

The attribution of a personal nature or human traits to something non-human.

“That orange rolled off the counter like he had somewhere to be."


"The trees danced in the wind."


"The sun is smiling down on us."

Postcard Inspired Writing

Hand-Out Phase

DO NOT WRITE ON THE POSTCARDS!


I will come around to you, please pick a Postcard and take an Index Card.


Examine your Postcard.

Writing Phase

You will write a short story using imaginative language with the following requirements.

- 6 Sentences
- 1 Metaphor
- 1 Simile
- 1 Sentence of Imagery
- 1 Other
ex. Hyperbole, Oxymoron, Allusion, Onomatopoeia, Pun, Alliteration, Personification

"Your eyes are a sea, and I am drowning," John Alden said as his hands clasped those of Priscilla. He watched the tail of her cerulean dress ruffle like waves along the sea as they walked. He had, like the ship carrying, Odysseus, run aground upon the latter half of her name.

The sand crunched under their feet as she looked up into his face. Her cheeks were as red as roses in the cold sea air. "Dear husband, I sea what you are doing." Her smile widened as she pulled her hand away, "But you musn't hold my hand so tightly, like a crab. It makes you appear shellfish."

Workshop Phase

Write your name on your index card.

Hand your Post Card and Index Card to your desk partner.

Complete the feedback worksheet. (I will model this!)