Imagery, Figurative Language, Symbolism and Allegory

the author's attitude toward his or her work or their audience

• imagery

• tone

• metaphor

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What do you call something that represents something else?

• Character
• Drama
• Tones
• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the opinion of someone who is an acknowledged authority in the field under discussion

• expert testimony

• personal example

• appeal to emotion

• counterargument

Mystery, romance, scifi are all types of what?

• Symbols

• Foreshadowing

• Similes

• Genres

A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well; representative object

• archetype

• symbol

• rhetoric

• character

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

I could hardly open my eyes, I was so sleepy. But then a smell permeated my nostrils and made its way to my brain, the rich, earthy, welcoming smell of my morning coffee being brewed.

• imagery

• metaphor

• symbolism

• allegory

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, grammatical pattern, or image.

• imagery

• repetition

• proverb

• archetype

A query posed for effect with no answer expected.

• rhetorical question

• interrogation

• introduction

• central claim

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

• allegory

• symbolism

• analogy

• alliteration

What is an allegory?

• a literary work with two levels of meaning—a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. The characters, plot elements, and setting represent abstract ideas and qualities

• the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character

• a literary device that refers to the use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5