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Alliteration
metaphor
Imagery
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2. Definition of a figure of speech
A mode of expression in which words are
used out of their literal meaning or out
of their ordinary use in order to add beauty
or emotional intensity or to transfer the
poet's sense impressions by comparing or
identifying one thing with another that
has a meaning familiar to the reader. Some
important figures of speech are: simile, metaphor,
personification, hyperbole and symbol.
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3. Definition of an Simile
SIMILE: A figure of speech in which an explicit
comparison is made between two essentially
unlike things, usually using like, as or than.
For example:
Hot as the sun.
Fat like a cow.
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4. Definition of a Metaphor
METAPHOR: A figure of speech in which a word
or phrase literally denoting one object or idea is
applied to another, thereby suggesting a likeness or
analogy between them, as.
For Example:
She has a heart of a lion.
For me time is money.
He has a heart of stone.
Life is a rollercoaster.
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5. Definition of personification
PERSONIFICATION : A type of metaphor in which
distinctive human characteristics, e.g., honesty,
emotion, volition, etc., are attributed to an animal,
object or idea, Personification is commonly used
in allegory.
For example:
My car was happy I gave it a bath today.
The tree felt thirsty from the dry season.
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6. Definition of Alliteration
ALLITERATION:The repetition of usually initial
Consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words
Or syllables.
For examples:
Sally sells seashells by the subway.
The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when
We’ll walk by.
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7. Definition of Hyperbole
HYPERBOLE: A bold, deliberate overstatement.
For example:
I’ll give my right arm for a slice of pizza.
I’m so hungry I could eat a million sandwiches.
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8. Definition of Imagery Click me!
IMAGERY: The elements in a literary work used
to evoke mental images, not only of the visual
sense, but of sensation and emotion as well.
For example:
He fell down like an old tree falling down in a
storm.
They fought like cats and dogs.
He could never escape from the iron grip of desire.
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