NOVEMBER 2009

» Homework Due
Wednesday, Nov 4
quiz on figurative language
Study these definitions: figurative language: language that is not literally true simile: a comparison of two things using like, as, than, or resembles metaphor: A direct comparison of two unlike things hyperbole: exaggeration personification: an animal given human qualities or an object given life-like qualities

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Wednesday, Nov 4
Quiz over notes on "style"
Study these definitions: style: The way a writer uses language figures of speech: expressions that are not literally true but that suggest similarities between usually unrelated things. similes: compare two unlike things using a word of comparison such as like, than, as, or resembles metaphors: compare two unlike things using a word of comparison such as like, than, as, or resembles extended metaphor: the comparison is extended as far as the writer wants to take it personification: speaks of a nonhuman or inanimate thing as if it had human or life-like qualities symbols: in literature, are people, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but that also stand for something beyond themselves irony: reality contradicts what we expect imagery: language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses

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Friday, Nov 6
Figurative language test

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Friday, Nov 6
Read Tell Tale Heart w/ guided questions
read story with guided questions & voc ws

» Homework Due
Friday, Nov 6
review poems
"I'm Nobody" "I Like to See It Lap the Miles" "I Am of the EArth"

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