Hyperbole

1. Metaphor Simile Hyperbole Alliteration Alliteration Idiom Onomatopoeia Assonance Personification

2. Elements of Poetry

3. Alliteration • Whenever you use words or sounds that have the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of a sentence, you are using alliteration. • Examples: • Sassy sister Sadie sat on a sofa and sobbed. • Warm and wistful woodwinds played wonderfully. • Sally sells seashells by the seashore. • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. • Identify the alliteration in the following sentences: • Two hours later, the panting puppy pack returned. • The wind whispered to the willows. • Dancing dandelions dotted the landscape. Task

4. Simile • A simile is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two things. The simile is introduced by the words “like” or “as”. • Examples: • Grandma’s nose is like a cherry. • The baby’s cheeks were like a rose. • He was as mad as a raging bull. • Pick out the similes in the following lines: • I wandered lonely as a cloud. • A house without books is like a room without windows. • Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Task

5. Metaphor • A metaphor is a comparison of things without using the words like, as,or than. • Examples: • The moon was a ghostly galleon • March is a raging lion • The moon is a lemon lollipop • The snowflake is a frosty jewel • Practice: Pick out the metaphors in the following lines: July is a picnic And fireworks overhead August is an orchard With apples turning red Task

6. Personification • Personification is a technique that gives an inanimate or non-human form human qualities. • Examples: • The daffodils danced in the wind. • Your report card speaks well of you. • The seat in the theater groaned when the man sat down. • Pick out the examples of personification in the following lines of poetry. Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat down upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. Task

7. Onomatopoeia • Onomatopoeia is the use of a word that imitates a sound. • Examples: • Splish, splash I was taking a bath • Hear the bells ring. “Ting-a ling-ding!” • ”Oink, oink,” went the pig. • Note the examples of onomatopoeia below: They growled and they yowled, They deedled and they dummed, They warbled and they whistled, They howled and they hummed. Task

8. Assonance • Assonance is the repetition of the same vowel sound within words. • Examples: • Spring is showery, flowery, bowery. • Without that bitter, winter chill. • Autumn is wheezy, sneezy, freezy. • Note the examples of assonance in the following lines: The sportsman from Virginia Riding with his hounds, Sounding a silver trumpet On the green, resplendent grounds. Task

9. Hyperbole • Hyperbole is a wild exaggeration that is so great no one would believe it. Hyperbole is often funny. • Examples: • She moves slower than a glacier. • He talks ninety miles an hour. • He runs faster than a speeding bullet. • Your suitcase weighs a ton! • Look for the examples of hyperbole in the following lines: In moving slow, he has no peer. You ask him something in his ear; He thinks about it for a year. Task

10. Idiom • Idioms are expressions having a specific meaning different than the meaning of its individual words, also known as colloquialisms. • Examples: • It’s time for you to hit the hay. • It is raining cats and dogs. • Don’t make waves. • Decide if the following statements are idioms: • Take five. • The essay is starting to take shape. • We will make do until payday. • They pulled a fast one. Task

11. Rhyme Scheme • Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming in a poem. • Example: There was once a boy from our school (a) Whom everyone thought was a fool. (a) He went to college (b) And got some knowledge, (b) Now he’s rich with a Rolls and a pool. (a) I rode with them (a) As they flew on, (b) But when I woke (c) The dream was gone. (b)

12. Rhyme Scheme (cont.) Task • Practice: Look at the lines of poetry below and decide on the rhyming scheme: Example 1 The dinosaur died, was consumed by the soil And gave of his substance that man might have oil When we, in the future, exhaust that supply, The Jaguar and Cougar, and Mustang shall die Example 2 I fell asleep in class today As I was awfully bored I laid my head upon my desk And closed my eyes and snored.