How much power do you think your words hold? After commemorating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. yesterday, we will focus today on an aspect of his life in which he excelled: giving powerful, life-changing speeches.
The greatest speakers throughout history have used a combination of vocabulary, sentence structure, grammar, and - for today's lesson - figurative language to move their listeners to action. We've already seen powerful examples of figurative language in our book, and we'll look at some real-examples today.
TODAY'S LESSON
1. Your first task is to refresh in your mind the major types of figurative language. Do that by going to the link below:
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
2. Second, in your books, read Eli Wiesel's Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Note the figurative language he uses in his speech. Leave comments that give an example of figurative language he used and explains them. (I have left an example)
WIESEL'S SPEECH
3. Look for the following types of figurative language.
1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Imagery
4. Symbolism
5. Personification
6. Hyperbole
7. Imagery
SIMILE
ReplyDelete"Without memory, our existence would be barren and opaque, like a prison cell into which no light penetrates"
Wiesel emphasizes the importance of memory by comparing a life without memories to a prison cell of complete darkness. Memory provides light and guidance in times and places of oppression and struggle. Without it, we would be left captive and imprisoned with no light.
"dreams reflect the past and hope summons the future"
ReplyDeleteHyperbole- he uses this to express that you have to have hope.
This is not a hyperbole. This is more like advice.
Delete"Children looked like old men, old men whimpered like children"
ReplyDeleteWiesel explains that their is a new world that has changed people's out look on life. Childrens personality changed as the world became more destructive.
What kind of figurative language is this?
DeleteYou left out that this was a simile.
DeleteNo Figureative language label
DeleteYea
DeleteBut you can tell its a simile if you read it !!!!
DeleteMankind jewel of his creation.
ReplyDeleteMetaphor- he uses this to state that man is great creation.
"if god wishes to remember our suffering all will be well; If he refuses all will be lost"
ReplyDeleteThis quote is somewhat of a hyberbole because it is either completely one way or completely the other way, there is no in between.
"the tears of mothers driven to madness"
This quote is imagery describing the emotional pain that mothers went through during the holocaust.
Hyperbole
ReplyDeleteGod and God alone can and must remember everything
God is the superior to mankind, and only he can proceed in knowing everything.
Metaphor
It is memory that will save humanity
The mermories that humanity writes down for the next generation it will cause the previous generation not to follow in the wrong foot steps.
" Thus, the rejection of memory becomes a divine curse, one that would doom us to repeat pas disasters, past wars."
ReplyDeleteHe is saying if we forget all the horrible things that have happened in wars in the past, we will repeat them and put people through that same suffering again.because if people forget the bad, it will only happen again because nobody will stop it.
What kind of figurative language is this?
DeleteRemembering is a noble and necessary act. Simile, this quote is saying remembering is a necessary act of life. Because if we didn't remember anything, where would we be
ReplyDeleteThis is not a simile. There is no "like" or "as." The quote is merely a statement.
DeleteIt's a metaphor! Sorry I made a mistake you guys
DeletePersonification
ReplyDeleteMemory saved Besht, and if anything can, it is memory that will save Humanity.
This is personification because memory can not really save you litterity. Wiesel is trying to get you to understand that memory is important.
Imagery
Children looked like old men, old men whispered like children.
This gives a picture of little kids that look old and old men crying. Wiesel is trying to show the damage that was caused and how it affected them.
The second one is also a simile
DeleteThe second one is more like a smilie
DeleteJust as a man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope.
ReplyDeleteThis means that without dreams a person can't hope for anything cause hopes and dreams are connected
Striped of possessions all human ties were severed.
DeleteThis is personification because it states a qualities that humans have
"It seemed as impossible to concieve of Auschwitz with God as To conceive of Auschwitz without God."
ReplyDeleteSimile
Elie Wiesel is stating that it will be just as difficult to with stand Auschwitz with the help of God as it would be without the help of God. Wiesel is saying Auschwitz is a very difficult place to overcome and can be overwhelming at times.
;)
Without the ability to forget man, would live in permanent paralyzing fear of death.
ReplyDeleteWiesel is trying to tell that some memory's are worth storing and some are worth forgetting about. The bad memory can keep you from your happy ones.
Metaphor.
Metaphor
ReplyDelete"A world where the past no longer counted, no longer meant any thing."
Wiesel is saying that nothing matters anymore, because that person had lost everything and everybody in their life. That there is no reason to live or try to be the best cause nothing matters.
Metaphor
"War leaves no victors, only victims."
This is saying that, when there is a war everybody is effected in a negative way. Many people lose their lives and/ or personal things.
Men and women from all across Europe we're suddenly reduced to nameless and faceless creatures.
ReplyDeleteHere he showing how people were turned into nothing but creatures made to fill space.
This is showing an example of metaphor.
The Great Historian Shimon Dubnov, served as our leader and inspiration.
Here they are using him to show that he was there spiritual guider by which they mean God.
This is showing an example of a simile
"children looked like old men, old men whispered like children."
ReplyDeleteSmilie and imagery
Wiesel is describing how the young children look like they are old and the old people stay quiet and whisper like the little children.
;)
" the memory of death will serve as a shield against death"
ReplyDeleteSimile - This is saying that if the memory of those who died is not forgotten, then future deaths can be avoided.
The Talmud tells us that even by saving a single human being, Man can save the world. Personification, thetalmud cannot actually say something
ReplyDeleteBecause I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair. Alliteration, repeats " I remember" and " I despair"
If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future"
ReplyDeleteAlthough hope is not a living creature, it still has a mind of its own. Hope is what keeps us moving through life because it's what we want to see in the future.
The smiley face is unnecessary
ReplyDeleteJust simile?
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