Hyperbole : d- an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally ex. I just walked a thousand miles.
Satire : d- a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule ex. Family Guy uses satire to create humor, and so do many other shows like The Onion.
Alliteration : d- the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group ex. apt alliteration's artful aid
Onomatopoeia : d- the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent ex. The cow went mooo.
Rhythm : d- movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like ex. This song has a good rhythm.
Rhyme : d- verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines ex. I like to rhyme, I do it all the time; tomorrow I'm turning 9.
Oxymoron : d- a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect ex. Jumbo Shrimp Dark Sunshine Summer Night
Metaphor : d- a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance ex. Juliet is the Sun She ran like the wind
Malapropism : d- an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound ex.What a terrible cat's after me!
Analogy : d- a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based ex.the analogy between the heart and a pump
Euphemism : d- the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt ex. To pass away vs. to die
Repetition : d- Repetition of a sound, syllable, word, phrase, line, stanza, or metrical pattern ex.Because I do not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn....
Allusion : d- a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication ex.I am no Prince Hamlet.
Personification : d- the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions ex. The trees nodded in agreement.
Allegory : d-a figurative mode of representation conveying a meaning other than the literal ex. Aesop – Fables Plato – The Republic (Plato's allegory of the cave)
Hyperbole : d- an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
ex. I just walked a thousand miles.
Satire : d- a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule
ex. Family Guy uses satire to create humor, and so do many other shows like The Onion.
Alliteration : d- the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
ex. apt alliteration's artful aid
Onomatopoeia : d- the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent
ex. The cow went mooo.
Rhythm : d- movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like
ex. This song has a good rhythm.
Rhyme : d- verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines
ex. I like to rhyme, I do it all the time; tomorrow I'm turning 9.
Oxymoron : d- a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect
ex. Jumbo Shrimp Dark Sunshine Summer Night
Metaphor : d- a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
ex. Juliet is the Sun She ran like the wind
Malapropism : d- an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound
ex. What a terrible cat's after me!
Analogy : d- a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based
ex. the analogy between the heart and a pump
Euphemism : d- the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt
ex. To pass away vs. to die
Repetition : d- Repetition of a sound, syllable, word, phrase, line, stanza, or metrical pattern
ex. Because I do not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn....
Allusion : d- a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
ex. I am no Prince Hamlet.
Personification : d- the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions
ex. The trees nodded in agreement.
Allegory : d-a figurative mode of representation conveying a meaning other than the literal
ex. Aesop – Fables Plato – The Republic (Plato's allegory of the cave)