Directions: Match the literary device in the quote to the appropriate device from the word bank. Then, take the numbers IN ORDER to construct the key to open LOCK #4. Return to the google form and input your answer.
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Poetic Devices to use:
Simile = 0
Apostrophe= 1
Paradox= 2
Allusion= 3
Enjambment= 4
Parallelism= 5
End Stopped= 6
Assonance= 7
Denotation= 8
Connotation = 9
Examples to match:
Name the poetic device that all the examples in one (1) row share. Record the number associated with the term to find the KEY to LOCK #4!
Example:
Example:
Example:
Device #:
“Busy old fool, unruly sun
Why dost thou thus Through windows and through curtains call on us?”
(“The Sun Rising,” John Donne)
“JULIET: Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.”
(“Romeo and Juliet,”William Shakespeare)
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are.Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.”
(“The Star,” Jane Taylor)
Device #:
School: “An institution where instruction is given, esp. to persons under college age”
(Webster’s Dictionary)
Childlike: “resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a child or childhood
Especially: marked by innocence, trust, and ingenuousness”
(Webster’s Dictionary)
Home: “One's place of residence; the social unit formed by a family living together”
(Webster’s Dictionary)
Device #:
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” (Macbeth, William Shakespeare)
“So the last shall be first, and the first last…”(Matthew 20:16)
A equals B; B does NOT equal A.
Device #:
“And ain’t I a woman?/Look at me/Look at my arm!/I have plowed and planted/And gathered into barns/And no man could head me…/And ain’t I a woman?” (“Ain’t I A Woman,” Sojourner Truth)
“I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. (“How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
“My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.” (“Presidential Inauguration Speech” by Barack Obama)
Device #:
“Yes, I will live forever once I cross Jordan’s river” (“Lost and Found”, Vivian Gilbert Zabel)
When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn't necessary.
“Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit
With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit,” (“Romeo and Juliet” - William Shakespeare)
Device #:
“Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came. (“Early Moon” by Carl Sandburg)
“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage, against the dying of the light.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight,
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be homosexual,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” (“Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night)
“The shudder shut, then sundered. The sheets flew up and I dove under.” (“It’s Easier to Make Up an Example” by Mr. Gorz)
Device #:
“I smoke on the mic like Smokin’ Joe Frasier/ The Hellraiser, raisin’ Hell with the flavor/ Terrorize a jam like troops in Pakistan/ Swingin’ through your town like your neighbourhood Spiderman.” (“Protect Ya Neck” by Wu Tang Clan)
“Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?” (“Harlem” by Langston Hughes)
“I wandered lonely as a cloud
that floats on high o’er vales and hills.” (“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth)
Device #:
School: A place for learning, suffering, surprises, challenge, drudgery, or friends.
Childlike: Immature, disrespectful, and uncontrollable
“There’s no place like home”
using 9th grade literary techinques
1 answer
Sure! Here are the literary devices identified for each set of quotes:
Apostrophe:
“Busy old fool, unruly sun / Why dost thou thus Through windows and through curtains call on us?” (John Donne)
“JULIET: Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.” (William Shakespeare)
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, / How I wonder what you are. / Up above the world so high, / Like a diamond in the sky.” (Jane Taylor)
Device #: 1
Connotation:
School: “An institution where instruction is given, esp. to persons under college age”
Childlike: “Resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a child or childhood, especially marked by innocence, trust, and ingenuousness”
Home: “One's place of residence; the social unit formed by a family living together”
Device #: 9
Paradox:
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” (William Shakespeare)
“So the last shall be first, and the first last…” (Matthew 20:16)
“A equals B; B does NOT equal A.”
Device #: 2
Parallelism:
“And ain’t I a woman?/Look at me/Look at my arm!/I have plowed and planted/And gathered into barns/And no man could head me…/And ain’t I a woman?” (Sojourner Truth)
“I love thee freely, as men strive for right. / I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.” (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
“My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.” (Barack Obama)
Device #: 5
Simile:
“Yes, I will live forever once I cross Jordan’s river” (Vivian Gilbert Zabel)
“When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn't necessary.”
“Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit / With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit,” (William Shakespeare)
Device #: 0
End Stopped:
“Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came.” (Carl Sandburg)
“Do not go gentle into that good night, / Old age should burn and rave at close of day; / Rage, rage, against the dying of the light. / Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight, / Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be homosexual, / Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” (Dylan Thomas)
“The shudder shut, then sundered. The sheets flew up and I dove under.” (Mr. Gorz)
Device #: 6
Simile:
“I smoke on the mic like Smokin’ Joe Frasier/ The Hellraiser, raisin’ Hell with the flavor/ Terrorize a jam like troops in Pakistan/ Swingin’ through your town like your neighbourhood Spiderman.” (Wu Tang Clan)
“Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?” (Langston Hughes)
“I wandered lonely as a cloud / that floats on high o’er vales and hills.” (William Wordsworth)
Device #: 0
Connotation:
School: A place for learning, suffering, surprises, challenge, drudgery, or friends.
Childlike: Immature, disrespectful, and uncontrollable
“There’s no place like home”
Device #: 9
To summarize the devices in order:
1
9
2
5
0
6
0
9
Now taking the numbers in order gives you: 19250609.
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