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Figurative Language Figuring it out ( And other poetic terms)

Explore the beauty and depth of figurative language with examples of figures of speech like simile, metaphor, alliteration, and more. Learn how these poetic tools enhance communication and creativity in writing.

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Figurative Language Figuring it out ( And other poetic terms)

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  1. Figurative Language Figuring it out(And other poetic terms) English 10B Spring 2015

  2. Figurative and Literal Language Literally:words function exactly as defined The car is blue. He caught the football. Figuratively: figure out what it means I’ve got your back. You’re a doll. ^Figures of Speech

  3. Alliteration • Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines. A somewhat looser definition is that it is the use of the same consonant in any part of adjacent words. Example: Bed Bath and Beyond

  4. Assonance • Repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines. These should be in sounds that are accented, or stressed, rather than in vowel sounds that are unaccented. Example: He received three emails today.

  5. Consonance • Repeated consonant sounds at the ending of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines. Examples: Mike likes his new bike He stood on the road and cried

  6. Onomatopoeia • Words that sound like their meanings Examples: The buzzing bee flew away. The sack fell into the river with a splash. The books fell on the table with a loud thump.

  7. Repetition • The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect. Example: “Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off”

  8. Rhyme • This is the one device most commonly associated with poetry by the general public. Words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following it, are said to rhyme. Examples: Cake, make, bake, fake, lake

  9. Rhythm • Although the general public is seldom directly conscious of it, nearly everyone responds on some level to the organization of speech rhythms (verbal stresses) into a regular pattern of accented syllables separated by unaccented syllables. Rhythm helps to distinguish poetry from prose. Example: “ShallI compare thee to a summer’s day?”

  10. Allusion • A brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art, or Biblical or mythological situation or character Examples: “Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.” “It looked like the Garden of Eden.”

  11. Apostrophe • Speaking directly to a real or imagined listener or inanimate object; addressing that person or thing by name. Examples: “Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me;” “Twinkle Twinkle little star How I wonder what you are”

  12. Cliché • Any figure of speech that was once clever and original but through overuse has become outdated. If you’ve heard more than two or three other people say it more than two or three times, chances are the phrase is too timeworn to be useful in your writing. Examples: YOLO Don’t judge a book by its cover

  13. Hyperbole • Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect. Examples: I will love you forever. My house is a million miles from here. She’d kill me.

  14. Irony • A contradictory statement or situation to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true. Examples: Bill Gates using an Ipad A fire station catching on fire

  15. Metaphor • Two things are compared without using “like” or “as.” Examples: All the world is a stage. Men are dogs. She has a stone heart.

  16. Oxymoron • A combination of two words that appear to contradict each other. Seriously funny Awfully pretty Foolish wisdom Original copies Liquid gas

  17. Paradox • A statement in which a seeming contradiction may reveal an unexpected truth. Example: I must be cruel to be kind Wise fool I am nobody

  18. Personification • Giving human traits to objects or ideas. Examples: The sunlight danced. Water on the lake shivers. The streets are calling me.

  19. Pun • Word play in which words with totally different meanings have similar or identical sounds. Example: A horse is a very stable animal An elephant’s opinion carries a lot of weight

  20. Simile • Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.” Examples The metal twisted like a ribbon. She is as sweet as candy.

  21. Important! Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make a simile. A comparison must be made. Not a Simile:I like pizza. Simile:The moon is like a pizza.

  22. Symbol • An ordinary object, event, animal, or person to which we have attached extraordinary meaning and significance. Examples: A flag to represent a country A lion to represent courage A wall to symbolize separation A dove to symbolize peace

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