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Language of Epics

Language of Epics. metaphor, simile, personification, kennings, epithets, allusion, assonance, alliteration, and paradox. Metaphor. a comparison between two unlike things not using like or as: Fame is a bee It has a song It has a sting Ah, too, it has wings!. Simile.

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Language of Epics

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  1. Language of Epics metaphor, simile, personification, kennings, epithets, allusion, assonance, alliteration, and paradox

  2. Metaphor • a comparison between two unlike things not using like or as: Fame is a bee It has a song It has a sting Ah, too, it has wings!

  3. Simile • a comparison between two unlike things using like or as: • I’m as hungry as a horse. • The flower was as yellow as the sun.

  4. Personification • assigning human characteristics to non-human objects: • The wind whispered through the trees. • Fear crept slowly up my spine.

  5. Kennings • a poetic phrase [compound noun] substituted for the usual name of a person or thing: • whale’s road: ocean • storm of swords: battle • blood worm = sword • feeder of ravens = warrior

  6. Kennings Match the following kennings with their meanings. • breaker of rings ship • sword dance sun • oar steed battle • whale-road Beowulf • world-candle ocean • knowledge-giver king • Sea-Geat teacher

  7. Paradox • a statement that, at first, appears to be contradictory but is actually true: • The silence of midnight rung in my ears. • This statement is false.

  8. Alliteration • repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words: • The breakers were right beneath her bows • tongue twisters

  9. Allusion A reference to something with which the reader is already familiar. Usually a literary or historical person, place, event, or some other aspect of cultural significance.

  10. Assonance • the repetition of identical vowel sounds in non-rhyming words • Some ship in distress, that cannot live

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