DISCOVERING AND USING LITERARY DEVICES CREATIVELY by Speak Like the English https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc Figurative Language. Abril Troyon, Joel Levy, Marianela Galfón, Silvia Auster en-us 2020-06-18 23:22:21 UTC 2024-05-29 10:46:01 UTC hello@padlet.com PERSONIFICATION marugalfon https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646173975 The impersonation or embodiment of some quality or abstraction; the attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects. Personification is inherent in many languages through the use of gender. (Cuddon, p. 529)]]> 2020-07-02 17:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646173975 SYMBOLISM marugalfon https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646174872 It is an object, animate or inanimate, which represents or ‘stands 
for’ something else. A literary symbol combines an image with a concept . It may be public or private, universal or 
local. (Cuddon, p. 716 )
]]> 2020-07-02 17:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646174872 IMAGERY marugalfon https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646178021 Imagery as a general term covers the use of language to represent objects, actions, feelings, thoughts, ideas, states of mind 
and any sensory or extra-sensory experience. (Cuddon, p. 354)
]]> 2020-07-02 17:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646178021 METAPHOR marugalfon https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646179965 A figure of speech in 
which one thing is described in terms of another. The basic figure in poetry. 
A comparison is usually implicit; whereas in a simile, it is explicit. (Cuddon, p. 432)
]]> 2020-07-02 17:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646179965 FORESHADOWING marugalfon https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646183577 The technique of arranging events and information in a narrative in such a way that later events are prepared for or shadowed forth beforehand. A well-constructed novel, for instance, will suggest at the very beginning what the outcome may be; the end is contained in the beginning and this gives structural and thematic unity. (Cuddon, p. 302 )]]> 2020-07-02 17:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646183577 Reference marugalfon https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646185634 J. A. Cuddon. (2013). A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. New Jersey: Wiley-Balckwell]]> 2020-07-02 17:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646185634 HYPERBOLE marugalfon https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646188217 363A figure of speech which contains an exaggeration for emphasis.Everyday instances, of which there are many, are: ‘I haven’t seen you for ages’; ‘as old as the hills’; ‘terrible weather'. (Cuddon, p. )]]> 2020-07-02 17:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646188217 PART 1 marugalfon https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646201101 “[...] a rotten October dreary, cold and damp with little sun and no warmth at all.” (p. 9)

]]> 2020-07-02 17:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646201101 SIMILE marugalfon https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646202155 A figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, in such a way as to clarify and enhance an image. It is an explicit comparison. (Cuddon, p. 674 )]]> 2020-07-02 17:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646202155 PART 1 marugalfon https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646204004 “I stand in the upright coffin[...]” (p. 9)]]> 2020-07-02 17:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646204004 PART 2 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646220880  My motivation? she can't come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, cause she's dead.]]> 2020-07-02 18:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646220880 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646221233 2020-07-02 18:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646221233 PART 2 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646223008 I am a ghost, swooshing along the labyrinth of the future, uncertain of where the next turn will lead me.]]> 2020-07-02 18:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646223008 PART 2 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646224711 It’s been so long since I last saw my friends that I can’t remember what they look like.]]> 2020-07-02 18:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646224711 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646225045 If I have to do one more class on zoom I'm gonna off myself ]]> 2020-07-02 18:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646225045 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646225861 I’m bored out of my mind.]]> 2020-07-02 18:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646225861 PART 2 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646228234 I spend my quarantine reading a magazine while trying not to sink in a boredom submarine.]]> 2020-07-02 18:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646228234 ALLITERATION marugalfon https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646228939 A figure of speech in which consonants, especially at the beginning of words or stressed syllables, are repeated. (Cuddon, p. 39)]]> 2020-07-02 18:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646228939 PART 1 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646301896 '' I will not give him the package. I am the package.'' (p.75)]]> 2020-07-02 20:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646301896 PART 1 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646306008 ''Active verbs that danced and raced on the page'' (p. 90)]]> 2020-07-02 20:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646306008 PART 1 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646309861 ''He could still remember his father's voice in the cellar that day, and the Ping-Pong ball like a small planet suspended in space.'' (p. 92)]]> 2020-07-02 20:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646309861 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646312174 ''His father's voice holding him captive.'' (p. 92)]]> 2020-07-02 20:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646312174 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646315846 '' The pavement scratching his cheek like sandpaper.'' (p. 145)]]> 2020-07-02 20:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646315846 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646316799 "The car. Like a monster. The car." (p. 144)]]> 2020-07-02 20:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646316799 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646321643 '' My mouth is open and the cold air bruises my teeth.'' (p. 139)]]> 2020-07-02 20:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646321643 PART 1 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646328849 ''Adam felt himself shriveling into the chair'' (p. 109)]]> 2020-07-02 20:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646328849 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646331623 ''The blue seal was identical to the seal on the other birth certificates. Why another certificate?'' (p. 52)]]> 2020-07-02 21:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646331623 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646334137 "The rain dances on the ground.'' (p. 47)]]> 2020-07-02 21:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646334137 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646334964 ''She was lightning, he was cloud.'' (p. 41)]]> 2020-07-02 21:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646334964 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646337465 ''I pedal through the town, across a wooden bridge, the sound of the slats like applause in my ears.'' (p. 27)]]> 2020-07-02 21:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646337465 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646343002 ''I am riding my bike and I am on Route 31 in Monument, Massachusetts, on my way to Rutterburg, Vermont, and I am pedaling furiously because this is an old-fashioned bike, no speeds, no fenders, only the warped tires and the brakes that don't always work and the handlebars with cracked rubber grips to steer with.'' (p. 154)]]> 2020-07-02 21:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646343002 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646346707 ''the wind like a snake slithering up my sleeves.'' (p. 154)]]> 2020-07-02 21:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646346707 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646347463 "the house itself wears an abandoned look" (p. 26)]]> 2020-07-02 21:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646347463 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646348909 "The dog lifts his head at my approach, alert, ears sharp, as if he is
accepting a challenge." (p. 26)]]> 2020-07-02 21:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646348909 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646351674 "his eyes like marbles" (p. 26)]]> 2020-07-02 21:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646351674 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646352911 "The dog keeps trying to dash in front of the bike, as if he is more
interested in stopping the bike than in attacking me." (p. 26)]]> 2020-07-02 21:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646352911 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646355897 "Mother Nature working nervously in neon" (p. 30)]]> 2020-07-02 21:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646355897 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646356585 "Louis Armstrong made his trumpet
sound like a man staggering drunk along the street." (p. 30)]]> 2020-07-02 21:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646356585 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646357851 "her tongue darting
swiftly seeking his" (p. 38)]]> 2020-07-02 21:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646357851 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646359727 '' I am driving into the storm.'' (p.40)]]> 2020-07-02 21:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646359727 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646360109 “My love for you is like a searching wind …” (p. 43)]]> 2020-07-02 21:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646360109 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646361309 "the sun and the clouds
have played disappearing games since my departure this morning" (p. 47)]]> 2020-07-02 22:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646361309 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646361965 "I press my back against the tree and I feel stronger suddenly, as if I am part of it all, part of the tree and part of the storm, part of the thunder and part of the rain. I lift my face and the rain pours down." (p. 48)]]> 2020-07-02 22:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646361965 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646362491 "the keys were cool to his touch" (p. 51)]]> 2020-07-02 22:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646362491 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646362842 "There was always the aroma of newly baked cookies or cake in the kitchen" (p. 56)]]> 2020-07-02 22:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646362842 joellevy221 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646363674 "my cheeks are wet even
though it isn’t raining" (p. 68)]]> 2020-07-02 22:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646363674 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646367035 ''A headache has begun: iron bars beneath the flesh of my forehead'' (p. 36)]]> 2020-07-02 22:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646367035 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646368641 "The cold enters my clothes, seeps into my skin and into my bones."(p. 47)]]> 2020-07-02 22:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646368641 PART 2 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646376568 ''he breathes the damp air and feels it passing through his lungs, his chest tightens and for a second, he has a genuine fear of death.'' ]]> 2020-07-02 22:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646376568 PART 2 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646377986 ''He wonders if people are born with a fixed destiny like the course on a navigation chart with directions to follow or are like dry rivers in deserts and become brooks and streams that flow to the sea.'']]> 2020-07-02 22:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646377986 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646379748 ''He drives on and remembers a smell. Not this stinky odour of rain and damp, but one from when he was just a lad and time was endless. The lingering scent of Lavender and grass fields wet with dew in early May'' ]]> 2020-07-02 22:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646379748 Syl2806 https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646392316 She constructs castles constantly

]]> 2020-07-02 22:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/syl2806/loazb6cy6tjasxxc/wish/646392316