Figures of Speech


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Figures of Speech

• By Irene Ricks

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Metaphor

• Definition something used or regarded as being
  used to represent something else
  
• Tranquility
• Times
• a gentle ocean
• waves upon waves
• washing the shore
• loving the shore.
• By Starfields

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Simile

• Definition A figure of speech that expresses a
  resemblance between things of different kind
  usually formed with like or as
  
• Flint
• An emerald is as green as grassA ruby red as
  bloodA sapphire shines as blue as heavenA
  flint lies in the mud.
  
• A diamond is a brilliant stoneTo catch the
  worlds desireAn opal holds a fiery sparkBut
  a flint holds a fire.
  
• By Christina Rossetti

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Personification

• Definition the representation of a thing or
  abstraction in the form of a person
  
• A Thunder-storm.
• The wind begun to rock the grass
• With threatening tunes and low -
• He flung a menace at the earth
• A menace at the sky.
• The leaves unhooked themselves from trees
• And started all abroad
• The dust did scoop itself like hands
• And throw away the road.
• By Emily Dickinson

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Alliteration

• Definition the commencement of two or more words
  of a word group with the same letter
  
• Daddys Gone A Hunting
• Bye baby buntingDaddys gone a - huntingGone
  to get a rabbit skinTo wrap baby bunting in.
  
• By Mother Goose

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Irony

• Definition the use of words to convey a meaning
  that is the opposite of its literal meaning
  
• Ironic Death
• You take everything for grantedNow the ending
  is near.You complained about your choresNow
  you will do anything to live.You only wanted to
  do what you wantNow you only do what others
  want.You only cared for yourselfNow others
  must care for you.You never had any funNow you
  wish you had more.
• By Unknown

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Hyperbole

• Definition obvious and intentional exaggeration
  
  
• 8 Days a Week
• Ooh i need your love babeGuess you know its
  true.Hope you need my love babeJust like i
  need you.Hold me love me hold me love
  me.Aint got nothinbut love babeEight days a
  week.Love you evry day girlAlways on my
  mind.One thing i can say girlLove you all the
  time.Hold me love me hold me love me.Aint
  got nothinbut love babeEight days a week.
• By The Beatles

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Onomatopoeia

• Definition the formation of a word as cuckoo or
  boom by imitation of a sound made by or
  associated with its referent
  

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Imagery

• Definition Concrete language that appeals to the
  senses
  
• Harry Potter 5
• He could smell the dementors putrid death-cold
  breath filling his lungs drowning him
  
• By J.K. Rowling