Figures of Speech:
-Simile: His hair is dark as the hyacinth blossom.
-Metaphor: Flamed-coloured wings.
-Personification: The Oak shook its head.
-Alliteration (repetition of initial consonants): She sat silently./ Tistrue; tistrue
-Assonance (repetition of vowel sounds): As the shadow of a rose.
-Consonance (repetition of consonants within words):
-Apostrophe: Talking directly to a an author/person, alive or dead.
-Hyperbole: Exaggeration
-Oxymoron: ''Sounds of Silence''
-Symbolism
-Imagery (senses): Hearing, seeing, smelling, touching, tasting
-Level of language: Slang, informal, formal
-Irony
-Pun: I wondered why the ball was getting bigger, then it hit me./ We almost got creamed by a milk truck.
Friday, October 2, 2009
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