10th Poetry

Figurative Language

Monday “Africa” p. 216

“The Wind – Tapped Like a Tired Mann” p. 950

“A Pace Like That” p. 951

“Metaphor” p. 952

“Right Hand” p. 954

Simile

A simile uses the words “like” or “as”

to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.

Example: busy as a bee

Metaphor

The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison.

A simile would say you are like something; a metaphor is more positive - it says you are something.

Example: You are what you eat.

Personification  

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given

to an animal or an object. Example: My teddy bear gave me a hug.

Alliteration

The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words.

Alliteration includes tongue twisters. Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.

Onomatopoeia

The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound

made by an object or an action. Example: snap crackle pop

Hyperbole

An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true.

Tall tales are hyperboles.

Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.

Idioms

An expression that does not mean what it literally says. Example: You’re driving me up a wall.

Anaphora

The same expression or word is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses or sentences. Example: As I ebb'd with the ocean of life, As I wended the shores I know, As I walked where the ripples continually wash  you Paumanok.

Apostrophe

The speaker directs speech to an imaginary person or abstract quality or idea. Example: O eloquent, just and mighty Death!