EXCHANGE PARAGRAPHS WITH A PEER.

1. Underline the topic statement. Draw squares around the description of tone and the words “diction” and “imagery.” (If they aren’t there, something is missing.

2. Circle the example of diction.

3. Circle the example of imagery.

4. Below the person’s paragraph, write down what is missing.

WARM UP

1. 1. Take a copy of “The Death of Santa Clause.”

2. Determine the tone. Write down your description of the tone at the top of the poem.

3. Underline any examples of diction and imagery that help to create the tone.

NOTES – FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

METAPHOR AND SIMILE

A comparison of two unlike ideas to emphasize similarities

A simile is a type of metaphor, but it uses the word like or as.

Examples: He was a stubborn mule. -or- He was as stubborn as a mule.

PERSONIFICATION

Giving human qualities to something that is not human.

Example: The sun reached across the horizon to bring the world out of darkness.

Similar to personification we will run into examples of nonhuman objects being animated and given life like qualities without actually giving human like qualities. The effect is similar.

EUPHEMISM

The substitution of a less offensive or kinder term for one considered explicitly offensive or harsh.

HYPERBOLE

Extreme exaggeration

UNDERSTATEMENT

Deliberately making a statement seem less important than it actually is.

Example: In Romeo and Juliet Mercutio is mortally wounded and says that the wound is merely a scratch.

SYNECDOCHE

A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole.

Example: He bought a new set of wheels.

SYNESTHESIA

A blending of the senses

Example: a loud yellow

Example: Where the sun is silent

RETURN TO “THE DEATH OF SANTA CLAUSE” AND FIND EXAMPLES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

WRITE A THESIS STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING PROMPT: HOW DOES THE AUTHOR CREATE TONE IN “THE DEATH OF SANTA CLAUS?”

WEAVE 2 QUOTES INTO SENTENCES THAT EXPLAIN HOW TONE IS CREATED IN THE POEM.Remember to use quotation marks.

Remember to use introductory information.

Remember to explain how the example ties to the tone.

READ YOUR OWN BOOK.FIND 2 EXAMPLES TOTAL: EXAMPLES MAY BE OF DICTION, IMAGERY, OR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. EACH EXAMPLE MUST CONTRIBUTE TO CREATING TONE.

READING REFLECTION

Weave your two quotes into sentences that explain how the author creates tone in these passages.

SENTENCE ANALYSIS: LABEL PARTS OF SPEECH.

Your uncle was not the person who called yesterday.