1 of 11

Slide Notes

DownloadGo Live

(Even More)

Published on Nov 22, 2015

Personification, Onomatopoeia, and Idioms

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

(Even More)

Poetic Devices
Photo by Jupiterimages

Personification

An object does something that only people do
Photo by Photos.com

listen for it...

Bastille: Pompeii
Photo by itibz

onomatopoeia

Words that sound like the action they refer to
Photo by sam.d

listen for it...

Katy Perry: Roar

listen for it...

Black Eyed Peas: Boom, Boom, Pow
Photo by tim caynes

idioms

Expressions that don't exactly mean what the words literally say
Photo by eltpics

guess the idiom

Photo by Graela

guess the idiom

Photo by eltpics

so what?

 

Create your own idioms

  • Either draw or recreate TWO pictures of your own that express two well-known idioms. Use my examples as a model for what I expect.
  • You must explain the literal and figurative meaning.
Photo by eltpics