Name: __________________________________
Block: ___________
Class: ___________________________________
Date: ___________
Topic:
SloB Chapter 1—Figurative Language/Diction
Questions/Main Ideas
Diction = descriptive language
including sensory details and
Figurative Language
Notes
Write your favorite examples of DICTION from chapter 1 (with page
number). Label what you can using codes on left
• a high-pitched zzzzz that hummed along my skin (1) – O & SD
SD = sensory detail
VV = vivid verbs
S = simile
M = metaphor
O = onomatopoeia
H = hyperbole
P = personification
WP = word pictures
S/T = showing not telling
• split my heart down its seam (1) – M & VV
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Summary
1. How can you PERSONALLY CONNECT to anything in chapter 1?
2. Predict what might happen in the next few chapters.