1st Period Reading Assignment: May 22nd

Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt

Go to each website to answer the following questions, and then write your answer on your OWN paper

Activity 1:
Write the definition and the example provided for each of the following terms:
http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm

1. Alliteration:



2. Simile:



3. Metaphor:



4. Personification:



5. Onomatopoeia:



Activity 2:
Search the following websites for poems that contain the literary devices you just learned about. Record the name of the poem, the website it was found at, and the line or lines from the poem that contain the literary device.

http://www.poetry4kids.com/poems
http://www.emule.com/poetry/?page=top_poems
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes.html
http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/stevenson/collections/childs_garden_of_verses.html
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
http://www.sunniebunniezz.com/poetry/poetpage.htm


1. Alliteration
Poem:
Author:
Website:
Lines with alliteration:


2. Simile
Poem:
Author:
Website:
Lines with alliteration:


3. Metaphor
Poem:
Author:
Website:
Lines with alliteration:



4. Personification
Poem:
Author:
Website:
Lines with alliteration:


5. Onomatopoeia
Poem:
Author:
Website:
Lines with alliteration:
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Activity 3:
Take the online quiz on the following website and record your final score.
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lang/lmc/wp1.htm

Your score__________________