August 27, 2013
1. Bell ringer
a. Identify the parts of speech for each word
b. Identify the parts of the sentence
c. Identify all phrases and clauses
d. Add proper punctuation and capitalization
**each of the girls did her homework
**my friend alex plays tennis
2. Notes on irony
a. Verbal irony – when a character says one thing and does
another
b. Situation irony – when a story ends differently than
expected
c. Dramatic irony – irony in a play (drama);the reader knows
something the character does not know
3. Notes on figurative language
a. Personification – giving human characteristics to non-human
objects
The wind whistled through the trees
b. Pun – a play on words
When it reigns, it pours
c. Hyperbole – an extreme exaggeration
We walked a million miles before school
d. Metaphor – a comparison of unlike things not using “like” or
“as”
He is such a monkey.
e. Simile – a comparison of unlike things using “like” or “as”
He acts just like a monkey.
f. Alliteration – the repetition of beginning sounds in words
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
g. Onomatopoeia – sound words
Bam! Boom! Bang! Hhhiiissssss said the snake.
4. Read “Gift of the Magi” page 100
5. Write a poem using all elements of figurative language on “The
Gift of the Magi.”
6. Study for vocabulary test tomorrow (rescheduled from Monday)
“The Most Dangerous Game” and “ The Necklace”