Figurative Language is the use of words that go beyond their ordinary meaning. It requires you to use your imagination to figure out the author's meaning.
“This
is the way the world ends Not with a bang but with a whimper.”
-T.S. Eliot, “The
Hollow Men”
These poetic lines
use onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia refers
to words that come from sounds.
What do you think of
the image in the poem? What do you think Eliot means?
Definitions for this week:
Figurative Language
comparing different objects in a way it might not make sense
Simile
a comparison using like or as
Metaphor
comparison not using like or as
Hyperbole
an exaggeration
Personification
giving human qualities to animals or objects
Word Relationships
these express grammatical relationships between words
Synonyms
words with the same meaning
Antonyms
words with opposite meanings
Multiple Meaning Words
words that can have several meanings, depending upon how they are used in a sentence
Homonyms
words that sound the same but have different meanings
Compound Words
two words combined to create a new word.
Nuances
little or small differences
Tiera.B. 1st period.
ReplyDelete"It is my soul that calls upon my name: How silver-sweet sound lover's touges by night, Like softest music to attending ears! "
I like this line cause it is an alliteration and it tell the sweetness of her lovely voice.
Ex. The tree danced in the wind. Personification
ReplyDeleteS.P. 7th