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Critical Thinking Questions
In the unit, we learned that alliteration is a stylistic device used to play with words by putting those with the same first consonant sound in a series. Please create three sentences, each one utilizing alliteration with the following letters: S, R, M.
According to the unit, euphony is the quality of a poem that pleases the ear through a harmonious combination of words. This ultimately creates a soothing effect for the reader. Long vowel words tend to help achieve this effect. Come up with 2 sentences that utilize euphony and could be transformed into a poem about water. Briefly describe why you chose the specific words that you did.
The device known as rhyme can best be described as a tool for utilizing repeating patterns that bring about rhythm. Please come up with an example of rhyming words for each of the different types of rhyme:
Perfect rhyme (where two words rhyme in such a way that the final stressed vowels are in “perfect” alignment)
General rhyme (happens when there is some phonetic likeness between the words as it relates to stressed syllables, vowels, or consonant sounds)
Eye rhyme (refers to words that have the same spelling but different sounds)
Metaphors and similes are important aspects of poetry. Please read each of the following sentences and determine if it is a simile or a metaphor.
He drowned in a sea of grief.
Arguing with her was like dueling with hand grenades.
His cotton candy words did not appeal to her taste.
She cut him down with her words.
Her hair was as soft as a spider web.
Her hair was a flowing golden river streaming down her shoulders.
Blood seeped out of the wound like red teardrops.
In the unit, we learned that personification happens when the poet (or author) gives an abstract or inanimate object human characteristics. Choose three inanimate objects in your room, home, or surroundings and write a sentence for each that personifies them. Briefly describe how each object is given human characteristics.

Answer 1

1. S - Sam sold seven sacks of salt for six swiss francs.

R - Ravens and raccoons rarely ration rubbish.

M - Mr. Miller, the muffin man, manages the muffin money.

2. "The eerie hum of water ripples over the rocks."

Eerie has two long 'e' sounds that are repeated.

Hum has a soft consonant.

"Leisurely I lay beside the lake as the willow leaves swirl around me."

Leisure has soft consonants and long vowels

Willow has double soft consonants.

3. Perfect rhyme - Charm and Harm, Well and Spell, Spleen and Green

General Rhyme - Full and Wool, men and again (depends on your accent), snow and go

Eye Rhyme - come and home, laughter and daughter, move and love

4. a) Metaphor

b) Simile

c) Metaphor

d) Metaphor

e) Simile

f) Metaphor

g) Simile

5. Lightning danced in the sky.

Lightning is personified to give the reader a sense of lightning occurring frequently, fast, and rhythmically like a person dancing.

The story jumped from the page.

Stories can't jump but saying "the story jumped " gives the reader a sense that the story was so vibrant and engrossing.

The creaky door groaned as it opened.

The door can't groan but saying "the door groaned as it opened" gives the reader a sense that the door is weathered and old and doesn't want to be opened.

Step-by-step explanation:

1.

Remember, an alliteration is a literary device that requires the beginning letters of each adjacent or closely connected word to be the same.

In the phrase "Sam sold seven sacks of salt for six swiss francs", the consonant 's' is repeated seven times at the beginning of each word, therefore making it an alliteration.

In the phrase "Ravens and raccoons rarely ration rubbish." The 'r' is repeated five times at the beginning of each word, therefore making it an alliteration.

In the phrase "Mr. Miller, the muffin man, manages the muffin money." The consonant 'm' is repeated seven times at the beginning of each word, therefore making it an alliteration.

2. "The eerie hum of water ripples over the rocks."

Eerie has two long 'e' sounds that are repeated.

Hum has a soft consonant.

"Leisurely I lay beside the lake as the willow leaves swirl around me."

Leisure has soft consonants and long vowels (and buzzing but that can depend on your accent)

Willow has double soft consonants.

3. Perfect rhyme - Charm and Harm, Well and Spell, Spleen and Green

IE: Charm and Harm - The final stressed vowels (a) are in perfect alignment.

General Rhyme - Full and Wool, men and again (depends on your accent), snow and go

IE: Full and Wool - some phonetic likeness and rhyme

Eye Rhyme - come and home, laughter and daughter, move and love

IE: Come and Home - both sound different when said out loud but when read both end in 'ome' so they sound like they should rhyme.

4.

Metaphors are comparisons of two objects/actions (it isn't literally true)

Similes are comparisons of two objects/actions using the words 'like' or 'as' (also it isn't literally true)

a) Metaphor - Comparison without like/as

b) Simile - Comparison with like/as

c) Metaphor - Comparison without like/as

d) Metaphor - Comparison without like/as

e) Simile - Comparison with like/as

f) Metaphor - Comparison without like/as

g) Simile - Comparison with like/as

5. Lightning danced in the sky.

Lightning is personified (because lightning can't dance) to give the reader a sense of lightning occurring frequently, fast, and rhythmically like a person dancing.

The story jumped from the page.

Stories can't jump (because they are not alive) but saying "the story jumped " gives the reader a sense that the story was so vibrant and engrossing.

The creaky door groaned as it opened.

The door can't groan (it's non-living) but saying "the door groaned as it opened" gives the reader a sense that the door is weathered and old and doesn't want to be opened (just like if you were an eighty year old and you just stood up after sitting for a while.)

I hope this helps.

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