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Poetic Devices: Figurative Language. English 1 Mrs. Foster. Figurative Language. LANGUAGE THAT USES FIGURES OF SPEECH, IN WHICH TWO SEEMINGLY DIFFERENT THINGS ARE COMPARED. Figurative language. We sucked at oranges we stole from your alcoholic neighbors who fermented in their bed - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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POETIC DEVICES:FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
ENGLISH 1
MRS. FOSTER
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE THAT USES FIGURES OF SPEECH, IN WHICH TWO SEEMINGLY DIFFERENT THINGS ARE COMPARED.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
WE SUCKED AT ORANGES WE STOLE
FROM YOUR ALCOHOLIC NEIGHBORS
WHO FERMENTED IN THEIR BED
ALL DAY AND WATCHED TV.
TEXAS OIL AND CALIFORNIA LAND
MARRIED THEIR TANNED, TORPID BODIES
AND PRODUCED ONE HAND STEADY ENOUGH
TO SWITCH THE CHANNELS BY REMOTE CONTROL.
ROBERT HASS
SIMILEA COMPARISON OF TWO THINGS
USING “LIKE” OR “AS”
METAPHORA DIRECT COMPARISON OF TWO THINGS,
WITHOUT USING “LIKE” OR “AS”
SIMILES & METAPHORSWE LIVE ON THE ROOF OF HELL, HE SAYS,AND AHMED BELIEVES IT, HE’S WATCHED THE GAS
FLARESRISE FROM HOLES IN THE EARTH, HE’S SEEN THE
BLACK RIVERWASH THROUGH THE VILLAGE IN A FLOOD OF OILAS IF THE DRILLERS HAD STRUCK A VEINDEEP IN THE SKULL OF GOD, AND THE OLD MAN SAYSBOY, YOU MUST LEARN HOW TO LIVE HERE – WHERE THE DEAD ARE BURIED DEEP IN THE MINDOF GOD, MANIFEST IN MAN AND WOMAN,GIVEN TO EARTH IN DARK BLOOD,GIVEN TO EARTH IN FIRE.
BRIAN TURNER
PERSONIFICATIONGIVING HUMAN QUALITIES TO NON-
HUMAN OBJECTS OR IDEAS.
PERSONIFICATION
THESE FEET WRITE HISTORY ON THE DIRT ROAD
AND NO ONE READS IT
NAOMI SHIHAB NYE
SYMBOLAN OBJECT THAT REPRESENTS A
LARGER CONCEPT OR IDEA.
SYMBOLEACH TIME YOU GO THROUGH THISYOU LOSE A LITTLE LESS COLOR
THE WATER IS LESSPINK, BLUE, OR GRAY
THIS IS WHAT I TRY TO SAY:DON’T LET THEM WRING IT OUT OF YOU
BECAUSE THEY LIKE STARCH,DON’T LET THAT APPLY TO YOUR NECK
SYMBOLYOU ARE REAL, 100% COTTON,YOU CAN WRINKLE, ACCEPT THAT AS A GIFT
AND ACCEPT THESE RINSES,THEY ARE TEDIOUS
THEY WILL COMEAGAIN AND AGAIN
AFTER AWHILE, YOU WILL HAVENOTHING MORE THEY CAN TAKE
NAOMI SHIHAB NYE
REPETITIONTHE USE OF A WORD OR PHRASE OVER AND OVER WITHIN A POEM.
REPETITIONBENNY’S HANDSOME, RED-BROWN LIKE RUST ON A HOE.
EMPTYHEADED COWS LOLL IN THE PASTURE IGNORING THE
MULE’S BRAY.LIGHT SHINES AS EASILY THROUGH A CICADA’S HUSK
CLINGING TO A TREE
AS THROUGH A BOTTLE OF LINIMENT OR A GLASS OF TEAON THE DINNER TABLE. THE HEMS OF HIS OVERALLS FRAYAND TICKLE BENNY’S SKIN AS HE PLOWS. EMPTY
PROMISES FROM A BROTHER, EMPTIED SIMPLY,WITHOUT VIOLATION, FRIABLE AS LEAVES UNDERFOOT ON A
FALL DAY,TRANSLUCENT AS A CICADA’S HUSK CLINGING TO A TREE.
SEAN HILL
ACTIVITY
• DESCRIBE YOUR BEST FRIEND USING THREE DIFFERENT FIGURES OF SPEECH:
• SIMILE
• METAPHOR
• PERSONIFICATION