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WoW 18
Day 1
Definition
Part of speech
Related forms (adj., adv...)
3 Synonyms
2 Antonyms
1 Sentence per form
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Week 18
Day 2
deference (any form)
Acrostic Poem
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Each line of the
poem should
consist of a word
or phrase related
to the word of
the week
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Week 18
Day 3
Metaphor ­ Create a directly stated metaphor
with "DEFERENCE" as the subject of the
comparison.
METAPHOR A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike
things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or
resembles "("HANDBOOK OF LITERARY AND HISTORICAL TERMS").
There are several kinds of metaphor:
1.
A directly stated metaphor states the comparison explicitly: “Fame is a
bee” (Emily Dickinson).
2.
An implied metaphor does not state explicitly the two terms of the
comparison: “I like to see it lap the Miles” (Emily Dickinson) contains an
implied metaphor in which the verb lap implies a comparison between “it,”
which is a train, and some animal that “laps” up water.
3.
An extended metaphor is a metaphor that is extended or developed over a
number of lines or with several examples. Dickinson’s poem beginning
“Fame is a bee” is an extended metaphor: the comparison of fame to a bee
is extended for four lines.
4.
A dead metaphor is a metaphor that has been used so often that the
comparison is no longer vivid: “The head of the house,” “the seat of
government,” and a “knotty problem” are all dead metaphors.
5.
A mixed metaphor is a metaphor that fails to make a logical comparison
because its mixed terms are visually or imaginatively incompatible. If you
say, “The president is a lame duck who is running out of gas,” you’ve lost
control of your metaphor and have produced a statement that is ridiculous
(ducks do not run out of gas).
Works Cited
"HANDBOOK OF LITERARY AND HISTORICAL TERMS." Elements of
Literature: Fifth Course. Austin, TX.: Holt, Rinehart & Winston,
1997. 1178. Print.
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