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What are the What are the
Slide Show Created By:
Shailesh Tiwari
Student
ImageryImagery
The mental pictures created
by a piece of writing
Folks sway in the Palace aisles
grinning and stomping and out of breath,
From Out of the DustOut of the Dust p. 13-14, “On Stage”
Imagery Imagery example:example:
SimileSimile
A phrase that compares two things using “like” or “as”
Simile Simile example:example:
Right handplaying notes sharp as
tongues,
From Out of the DustOut of the Dust p. 13-14, “On Stage”
MetaphorMetaphor
A phrase that compares two things without using “like” or
“as”
Metaphor exampleMetaphor example
That isheaven.
How supremely heaven
playing pianocan be.
From Out of the DustOut of the Dust p. 13-14, “On Stage”
PersonificationPersonification
When human traits or characteristics
are given to inanimate objects
or abstract notions
PersonificationPersonificationexampleexample
When I point my fingers at the keys,
the music
springs straight out of me.
From Out of the DustOut of the Dust p. 13-14, “On Stage”
RhymeRhyme
Words at the end of lines of poetry
that sound the same.
Rhyme Rhyme exampleexample
A Student's Prayer A Student's Prayer by Anonymous
Now I lay me down to rest.I pray I pass tomorrow's test.If I should die before I wake,that's one less test I'll have to take.
AlliterationAlliterationThe repetition of
the first consonant sound
in a group of words
AlliterationAlliterationIf Ma could put her arm across my shouldersometime,or stroke back my hairor sing me to sleep, making the soft sounds, the reassuring noises,that no matter how brittle and sharp life seemed,no matter how brittle and sharp she seemed,she was still my ma who loved me…
From Out of the DustOut of the Dust ( (p. 148, “Motherless”)
AssonanceAssonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in a group of words.
Assonance Assonance exampleexample
“…the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore…” From “The Raven”
by Edgar Allen Poe
HyperboleHyperbole
A figure of speech involving exaggeration to
help create a desired image.
Hyperbole Hyperbole exampleexample
Why does a boy who’s fast as Why does a boy who’s fast as a jeta jet
Take all day—and sometimes Take all day—and sometimes two—two—
To get to school?To get to school?
By: John Ciardi (from “Speed Adjustments”)
IdiomIdiom
Examples:
•Raining cats and dogsRaining cats and dogs
•Teach an old dog new tricksTeach an old dog new tricks
•Skating on thin iceSkating on thin ice
•A day late and a dollar shortA day late and a dollar short
•Air your dirty laundry in publicAir your dirty laundry in public
A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words
actually say. (Usually only understandable to a particular group of people.)
IdiomIdiom
Examples:
•Raining cats and dogsRaining cats and dogs
•Teach an old dog new tricksTeach an old dog new tricks
•Skating on thin iceSkating on thin ice
•A day late and a dollar shortA day late and a dollar short
•Air your dirty laundry in publicAir your dirty laundry in public
A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words
actually say. (Usually only understandable to a particular group of people.)
OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia
Use of a word that is an actual imitation of the
sound it is referring to
OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeiaexampleexample
Swoosh, swishpaddling down a creeksplish, splash, whumpa fish jumps on me
By: Lacey
(a student at Langley Meadows school in Canada)
Credits:Credits:
Slide Show by:ShaileshTiwari
Student