Close Read of Speech.
On the big version that Ms. Leamon provides you (or choose and print one out yourself), do the following work:
Look up any words that you don’t know or that are used in unusual ways. Display the definitions.
Look for, mark, and explain examples of the following literary devices: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole (overstatement), foreshadowing.
Look for, mark, and explain any imagery that is especially powerful.
Mark and comment on any language that is especially important in developing the big themes: the power of love, the effects of hatred, the impulsiveness of youth!
Mr. Arnold is going to work with us on creating pop-ups on the computer. If this doesn’t work for you, you may do this in a concrete/visual way, using a larger sheet as background and providing the information and your insights in some creative, attractive fashion.
NOTE: this will be a three or four day project, involving thinking, research, asking questions, and finding answers. The look of the whole piece counts.
DO NOT RUSH THROUGH IT AND DO A TERRIBLE, SLAP-DASH, SHALLOW JOB!
Figurative language review. . .
1. Simile: a stated comparison using "like" or "as"
EX: His smile lit up his face like the sun.
2. Metaphor: an implied comparison NOT using "like" or "as"
EX: The armored car purred up the road, hunting its prey.
3. Personification: a device in which an animal, object, thing or idea is given human characteristics
EX: The sun peeked into the window and invited us outdoors.
4. Hyperbole/overstatement: a device which uses exaggeration to make a point
EX: I haven't seen you for a million years!
I died of embarrassment when my mother showed my baby pictures to my date.
Foreshadowing: a device in which the author gives hints of what is to come (usually tragic events)
EX: When Juliet makes her mother angry by refusing to marry Paris, Lady Capulet says, “I wish the fool were married to her grave!”
Guess what? In about three scenes, Juliet’s dead!
IMAGERY: language that creates vivid impressions of sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch
Note: Look at the attachment below for copies of possible speeches from R and J, all chosen out and printed in large font!