Figurative Language

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Poetic DevicesAlliterationAllusionAssonanceDenotationConnotation

HyperboleImageryIronyMetaphorOnomatopoeiaPersonification

Repetition/RefrainRhyme SchemeSimileThemeTone

                                                            

Stan the strong swimmer saved

several swimmers on Saturday.

Alliterati

on:Repetition

of the beginningconsonant sound

Allusion…

The Grinch (in How the Grinch Stole Christmas)

is called a Scrooge – a reference to A Christmas

Carol

A reference to well known characters, places, events

or another work of literature.

                                                                                                             

Mike likes to

ride his bike.

Assonanc

e:The repetition of vowel sounds in words close

together. Doesn't have to rhyme!!

HYPERBOLE…EXAGGERATION

I nearly died laughing!

Authors useHyperbole

for emphasis

Imagery

The golden daffodils filled the field.

Her silvery hair gleamed in the sun.

creates mental pictures by appealing to one or more of

the five senses (sight, hearing, feeling, smelling or tasting.)

IRONYThe difference

between what is expected to happen and what actually

does happen. (An unexpected

twist.)

IronyThink about it – why are these

ironic?

Last night the firehouse burned

to the ground.

The sign painters spelled school

wrong!

Hint – does NOT use ‘like’ or ‘as’

Metaphor

The girl is a fish in the water.

The balloon was a feather floating away.

Metaphor

(We are comparing the girl to a fish.)

(We are comparing the balloon to a feather.)

                                               

Onomatopoeia

A word that

imitates the

sound it represen

ts

PERSONIFICATION

To give human characteristics or qualities to animals or objects

                                                            

The flowers danced in the wind.

Personification

Oreo – milk’s favorite cookie.

(Flowers can’t really dance – only people can.)

(Milk can’t really have a favorite – only people can.)

Repetition/Refrain

Repeating a word, phrase, line or stanza throughout a poem so as to have that idea stand out.

Repetition/Refrain

Because I do not hope to turn againBecause I do not hopeBecause I do not hope to turn...from 'Ash-Wednesday' by T. S. Eliot

The beginning is repeated to add emphasis to the poem.

RHYME SCHEMEThe pattern of the rhyme within a poem.Rhyme- two or more words with a different sounding beginning, but the same sound at the end (spelling doesn’t matter)

My cat is nice. AMy cat likes mice.

A

My cat is fat. BI like my cat. B

His feet are as big as boats.We are comparing the size of feet to boats.

                                                       

                                                                  

Simil

es:

She is fast like a cheetah.We are comparing her speed to that of the fastest running animal.

THEMEThe message orlesson of the story.

A theme of “Zebra” is emotional healing and

physical healing go hand in hand.

TONE – The attitude of the speaker towards the subject of the poem.

The flower was as blue as the sky, the first robin egg of spring - romantic

The flower was as blue as his mood, dark and gloomy – filled with sorrow

MOOD- the feeling that the reader has while reading

The night was dark and stormy.

The sentence gives you a scary ‘mood’.