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Writing Workshop 8 (continued)
Figurative Language
metaphor
Term
a comparison of two or more unlike things using the words like or as
personification
giving human abilities and traits to something that is not human
hyperbole
exaggeration
Sound Techniques
rhyme
the repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, often at the ends of lines
alliteration
the repetition of initial consonant sounds
assonance
the repetition of internal vowel sounds
enjambment
when a line ends so that the meaning runs over to the next line without terminal punctuation (an end-stop)
Poetic Elements
stanza
a group of lines in a poem
rhyme scheme
a pattern of rhymes between the lines in a poem
line length
line length can be consistent or varied; short or long; and can be measured in words, syllables, or metrical feet
meter
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Descriptive Language
vivid verbs
strong action words
connotative diction
words that are associated with strong feelings or emotions
sensory detail
6 SpringBoard® Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Grade 7
Definition
a comparison of two or more unlike things in which one thing is spoken of as if it were another
Examples
simile
description that appeals to the reader’s sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch, or taste
“inward eye” is used to describe the speaker’s memory
“I wandered lonely as a cloud”
daffodils “Tossing their heads” the speaker’s heart “dances”
the daffodils “stretched in never- ending line”
cloud/crowd hills/daffodils
“dances with the daffodils” “A host, of golden daffodils”
“The waves beside them danced; but they/Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:”
four six-line stanzas ABABCC
consistent 8-syllable lines iambic tetrameter
wandered, fluttering, twinkling pleasure, glee, dancing, bliss
“A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.”
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