Monday, October 19 figurative language devices

Coming up: Wednesday, vocabulary review for Hamlet 6
Friday, October 23- Hamlet 6 vocabulary quiz

In class: figurative language usage in Hamlet. Class handout / copy below.
              Introductory material on figurative language devices, textual examples from Hamlet and a graphic organizer. You have class time to work on the material. Please use it productively. Aht you do not finish in class, is homework.  This is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, October 21.   Please note that you will NOT have class time on Tuesday, and that this is a writing grade.

Learning targets: I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings.
                            I can demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Essential question: How do figurative language devices bring a connotative understanding to Hamlet?

Defining Figurative Language

Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. When a writer uses literal language, he or she is simply stating the facts as they are. Figurative language, in comparison, uses exaggerations or alterations to make a particular linguistic point.

Figurative language is very common in poetry, but is also used in prose and nonfiction writing as well. 

Below is a copy of the class handouts: list of textual examples that you will identify, an explanation of six different figurative language devices and a graphic organizer.

­Name______________________________

Below you will find 18 textual examples from Hamlet that represent the figurative language devices that we reviewed in class. See attached material.  Please copy out the quotation, identify the figurative language device being used and then explain its usage. Use the attached graphic organizer. You have class time today; this is due as a writing grade at the beginning of class tomorrow.

1.      “Therefore I entreated him along                                                                          

With us to watch the minutes of this night” (1.1.26)

2.      “A mote it is trouble the mind’s eye” (1.1.112)

3.      “The cock, that is the trumpet to morn”(1.1.150)

4.      “Make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres” (1.5.17)

5.      “And each particular hair stand an end                                                                  

Like quills upon the fearful porpentine” (1.5.19)

6.      “Must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words                                    

And fall a cursing like a very drab” (2.2.597)

7.      “O that this too too solid flesh would melt,                                           

Thaw, and resolve into a dew” (1.2.129)

8.      “I have heard that guilty creatures sitting in a play                               

Have by the very cunning of the scene                                                             

Been struck so to the soul that presently                                                            

They have proclaimed their malefactions.” (2.2.601)

9.      “With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!” (1.2.157)

10.  “Tis given out that, sleeping my orchard,                                                                  

A serpent stung me.” (1.5.35)

11.  “My father’s brother, but no more like my father                                              

Than I to Hercules.”(1.2.152)

12.  “I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records,                                                                    

All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past” (1.5.99)

13.  “See what a grace was seated on this brow:                                                                                     Hyperion’s curls, the front” (3.4.57)

14.  “The glass of fashion, and the mold of form” (3.1.156)

15.  “None, my lord, but that the world’s grown honest.” (2.2.240)

16.  “My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent” (3.3.40)

17.  “No, let candied tongue lick absurd pomp” (3.2.62)

18.  “O, there has been much throwing about of brains.” (2.2.366)

Name_________________________________- figurative language graphic organizer   Due Tuesday, October 20 at the beginning of class as a writing grade.

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Figurative device	Definition
metaphor	a direct comparison of two different things Example: Henry was a lion on the battlefield What qualities might a lion have that would be applicable to Henry on the battlefield?
simile	a comparison of two things using like or as Example: He is like a mouse in front of the teacher. How does the person behave in front of the teacher? Why might a simile be preferable to use, rather than a metaphor?
hyperbole	involves an  exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.  Example: I’m so sleepy I might fall asleep standing here.     Why choose to use an hyperbole? When might it not be acceptable?
allusion	a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly, or by implication Example: It’s no wonder everyone refers to Mary as another Mother Teresa in the making; she loves to help and care after people everywhere- from the streets to her own friends. SOTA  shirt…What image is the school projecting?
personification	a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics Example: The warm and comforting fire Why would a writer give human qualities non humans? How might a reader react?
synecdoche	a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole, or it may use a whole to represent a part. Example: “Weary feet in the walk of life” does not refer to the feet actually being tired or painful; it is symbolic of a long, hard struggle through the journey of life. “His eye met hers as she sat there paler and whiter than anyone in the vast ocean of anxious faces about her.” Why would using a synecdoche give an otherwise common idea or object deeper meaning?