Ms. Berger/Ms. Taylor ELA 9

• Imagery: Text that creates an image, or picture, in your mind by using one of your 5 senses.– Touch, taste, smell, sight, sound.

• Writers use imagery so that readers can clearly picture a scene and feel as if they are there.

• Description: explaining what something is like, often using imagery.

Imagery Example

Example: “The tiger devoured the little boy by ravishing his every body part. He ripped each limb before sucking it down his large open throat. Within 5 minutes of the attack, only a pool of blood remained where the little boy had been. The tiger galloped away with blood stained lips.”

Choose one of the five senses and write a piece of imagery to go with it. Several people will be asked to share and we will have to figure out what sense they chose.

Literal language means what it says. I have a headache. I got a sunburn today.

Figurative Language expresses more than the literal meaning. I feel like my head is going to explode. I roasted in the sun.

Simile is a comparison between two unlike things that uses like or as. That boy is as hot as a fire cracker hitting

my finger. That boy is like an illegal firework burning

a hole in the backpack.

Listen to the following lyrics and underline all the similes in the song.

Like a flower waiting to bloomLike a lightbulb in a dark roomI'm just sitting here waiting for youTo come home and turn me onLike the desert waiting for the rainLike a school kid waiting for the spring

I'm just sitting here waiting for youTo come on home and turn me onMy poor heart, it's been so dark since you

been goneAfter all, you're the one who turns me offYou're the only one who can turn me back

onMy hi-fi's waiting for a new tuneThe glass is waiting for some fresh ice

cubesI'm just sitting here waiting for youTo come on home and turn me onTurn me on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED1B39W9b0E&feature=related

How a text makes the reader feel How do you feel when you see these

images

•Examples of Moods: Happy, sad, romantic, scary

Watch the original Mary Poppins trailer. What is the mood? Explain why.http://youtube.com/watch?v=fuWf9fP-A-U

Watch the following Mary Poppins Trailer. Write What the mood is for each trailer and explain why you think it is that mood.

Metaphor is a comparison between two things without the use of like or as. That boy is a fire cracker hitting my finger. That boy is an illegal firework burning a

hole!

Listen to the following lyrics and underline all the metaphors in the song.

Then choose one of R. Kelly’s metaphors in the song and explain what it means.

Allusion is a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or some other branch of culture. At least Johnny knew how to find an

apple tree. An allusion to Johnny Appleseed

What is the major allusion present in this song? What kinds of thoughts or feelings does this allusion create?

Love Story

Personification is when nonhuman subjects are given human characteristics. The tree danced in the wind. The basketball sprinted quickly down the

court.

“Two Boxes” by Shel SilversteinTwo boxes met upon the roadSaid one unto the other,“If you’re a box” And I’m a boxThen you must be my brother.Our sides are thin.We’re cavin’ in,And we must get no thinner.”And so two boxes hand in hand,Went home to have their dinner.

Listen to the following song lyrics and explain why this is an example of personification.

Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partnerSometimes I feel like my only friendIs the city I live in, the city of angelsLonely as I am, together we cryI drive on her streets 'cause she's my

companionI walk through her hills cause she knows who

I amShe sees my good deeds and she kisses the

windedI never worried, now that is a lie

An obvious exaggeration Examples:

His mom was on fire!! She has to use a sandblaster to get her

makeup off at night. I am so hungry I could eat a cow.

Writing where words close together start with the same letter (same consonant).

Examples Wild Wesley went to the west to watch waves in the

water. Jolly Jordan jumped for joy! Ms. Mumme magically managed her marvelous middle

schoolers. Stephanie stopped the fight.

Imitating a sound throughwords. It sounds like what it says.

Putting two words together that contradict each other.

Examples Small Crowd Big baby Cat Fish Better than New

The universe itself keeps on expanding and entrancingIn all of the directions it can whizz and whirl and weigh,As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know,Twelve million miles a minute, and that's the fastest speed

there is.Due to this speed, the fast snail lives on the earth.So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure,How amazingly unlikely is your birth,And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space,'Cause there's a zillion-trillion people in this place.

Find the alliteration, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, rhyme, hyperbole, and imageryin this song.