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SOS MAP words = Imagery SOS MAP words are ways you can help people s__ ee escribe what’s in your h____ ead when you are trying to d_______ something. These are often called sensory words, or imagery – also called figurative language, or literary devices. The first letters of each of these six elements spell SOS MAP. These six words are: (fill in the blanks next to the bold squares on your worksheet with these words) 1. S_____ ensory words 4. M_________ etaphor mat 2. Ono___opoeia 5. A___________ lliteration 3. S__ile im 6. P_____ification erson Slide 1 ear 1. Sensory words help readers to (1) see, (2) h___ aste or (5) to____ uch whatever you’re (3) sm___, ell (4) t____ writing about. 2. Ono___opoeia uses words to i_______ mitate sounds, mat such as “the c_____ lash of the cymbals”. ike 3. Similes are phrases that use the words l____ ompare two things. Usually they or ___ as to c______ compare something that is e____ asy to understand hard to understand. with something that is ______ Do you see any SOS words in this Shel Silverstein poem? I'm the Dragon of Grindly Grun, I breathe fire as hot as the sun. When a knight comes to fight I just toast him on sight, Like a hot crispy cinnamon bun. ©1974 by Shel Silverstein Slide 2 4. Metaphors compare two un____ like things by out describing one as if it were the other, with____ using like or as. Fire and Ice SOME say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To know that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. By Robert Frost http://www.bartleby.com/155/2.html From Harper’s Magazine, December 1920. In this poem, Frost compares fire to ____. desire (3rd line) Fire is a ph_____ ysical element and desire is an e______. motion Frost compares the two by saying that the world could end in fire. He also says that people’s desire - wanting things they cannot have could also cause the world to end. Do you agree? Because Frost compares fire with desire, two u______ nlike things, we say that fire is used here as a m_______ etaphor for desire. Slide 3 5. Alliteration occurs when words start with the same con______ sonant sounds, such as “fell fast”, or nake We saw this in a “the slippery, slimy s____”. poem we looked at earlier. Do you remember? I'm the Dragon of Grindly Grun, I breathe fire as hot as the sun. What words show alliteration in these two lines? ________ Grindly and _____ Grun 6. Per__________ sonification gives human characteristics to a non______ human subject, as in “Let the rain kiss you.” Slide 4 Besides being able to identify SOS MAP words, you should also be able to identify these other literary devices: __ C 1. Highlighting something by surprisingly describing it as if it is less important than it really is A. mood F 2. Ending a chapter at a moment of suspense __ B. hyperbole A 3. The overall emotion created by a work of __ literature C. understatement __ G 4. The use of sharp, taunting, or scornful remarks intended to hurt or make fun of someone or something D. symbolism D __ 5. An object, person, or event that represents an idea or set of ideas E. idiom E 6. An expression that is understood, even though the __ words do not mean exactly what they say. __ 7. An exaggeration or overstatement B F. cliffhanger G. sarcasm