Proverbs and maxims
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This document discusses proverbs, maxims, and literary devices. It defines proverbs as general truths or practical advice, while maxims express rules of behavior. Examples are given such as "Better safe than sorry" and "Look before you leap". Literary devices like imagery, similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, repetition, and parallelism are also defined and exemplified. The document encourages creating an original proverb and maxim in a group activity.
Proverbs and maxims
- 3. Proverbs are popular sayings that express some general truth or contain some practical advice/ wisdom. Proverbs that express a general rule of behavior or conduct are called Maxims Example: Proverb: Better safe than sorry Maxim: Look before you leap
- 4. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Jack of all trades, master of none Don’t judge a book by it’s cover Make love not war No man is an island One man’s trash is another man’s treasure
- 5. Ask no questions and hear no lies Honesty is the best policy No man can serve two masters Take it one game at a time What goes up must come down What you see is what you get
- 6. Literary Devices ‐ Imagery – The use words that evoke mental pictures which appeal to the senses Example: No matter how high a bird flies, it has to come down for water. ‐ Simile & Metaphor – direct or indirect comparison Example: The tongue is like a sharp knife; it kills without drawing blood.
- 7. Literary Devices ‐ Imagery The pen is mightier than a sword. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ‐ Simile & Metaphor A tie game is like kissing your sister.
- 8. Literary Devices ‐ Personification – the attribution of a human quality to an inanimate object Example: Pride invites calamity; humility reaps its harvest ‐ Alliteration – the repetition of the initial consonant sounds. Example: Speak softly, and be slow to begin your speech
- 9. Literary Devices ‐ Personification Actions speak louder than words. ‐ Alliteration Better be alone than in bad company. Live and let live.
- 10. Literary Devices ‐ Repetition – the use of a word or phrase more than once in a passage. Example: Sweet-melon lips, bitter-melon heart. ‐ Parallelism – the use of similar structure in the use of words, phrases, or clauses Example: His mouth is honey, his heart a sword
- 11. Literary Devices ‐ Repetition Early to bed, Early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. ‐ Parallelism Hope is for the best, but prepare for the worst.
- 12. GROUP ACTIVITY Make 1 Proverb and 1 Maxim. RUBRICS: CREATIVITY - 5 POINTS CONTENT - 5 POINTS REPORTING - 5 POINTS TOTAL - 15 POINTS