IPA 1
kjʊə.ri.əs
curious
θɜː.ti
thirty
What is a 'simile'?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
--> She is bright as the north star
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
She is made of sugar and spice, and all things nice.
internal rhyme
ɛdi ˈɛdɪtɪd ɪt
Eddie edited it.
ˈɒrɪnʤ
orange
What is 'imagery'?
A literary devices that evokes a mental image of any of the five senses - you can imagine how something would look, sound, smell, taste, ...
The soft mellow sounds of jazz floated through the speaker, warming the souls of all those in the room.
euphony
He went out with a bang.
onomatopoeia
ˈsuːzi rəʊt ɪn hɜː ˈdaɪəri ðæt ʃiː kɑːnt iːt ˈɛni ˈdeəri ˈprɒdʌkts
Suzy wrote in her diary that she can't eat any dairy products
kæn biːt ʤuːs ænd flaʊə meɪk ˈpɜːpᵊl dəʊ
Can beet juice and flour make purple dough?
What is a 'stanza'?
a group of lines in a poem. For example:
It was many and many a year ago
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
He was a lion on the battlefield.
metaphor
During his proposal, the sky lit up like the fourth of July.
allusion
ʃiː sɛlz ˈsiːˌʃɛlz
She sells seashells
ðə dɒɡ ʧuːz ʃuːz
the dog chews shoes
What is a 'motif'?
Something that reoccurs in a text and that gets a deeper meaning because of it.
Jumbo shrimp is an example of this
oxymoron
He's a very economical person, so he won't pay during a date.
euphemism
ˈsuːzi wɜːks ɪn ə ˈʃuːˌʃaɪn ʃɒp. weə ʃiː ʃaɪnz ʃiː sɪts, ænd weə ʃiː sɪts ʃiː ʃaɪnz.
Susie works in a shoeshine shop. Where she shines she sits, and where she sits she shines.
ɪf juː wɪʃ ðə wɪʃ ðə wɪʧ ˈwɪʃɪz, aɪ wəʊnt wɪʃ ðə wɪʃ juː wɪʃ tuː wɪʃ
if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won’t wish the wish you wish to wish
What is 'symbolism'?
The use of an object or phenomenon to represent a more abstract or greater idea in a literary work.
People talking without speaking.
Paradox
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
chiasmus