Figures of Speech
The repetition of words that contain the same sounds.
"The greatest teacher, failure is." - Yoda
Hyperbaton.
"It's pouring rain outside, what a beautiful day for a picnic."
Verbal Irony.
A figure of speech in which words sound like what they are describing.
Onomatopoeia.
The three main ways poets organize their ideas in a poem.
1. Time
2. Place
3. Climax
This happens when the reader knows more than a character knows.
Dramatic Irony.
"I hear leaves drinking rain," is an example of this fiugre of speech.
Personification.
The rhyme, beat, or pulse of a poem.
Meter.
In Shakespeare's plan, Julius Caesar, Antony repeatedly declares, "Brutus is a honorable man." This is an example of what kind of irony?
Verbal irony.
"The baker kneaded to make more bread," is an exmple of this 3 lettered figure of speech,
Pun.
A literary device in which the poet refers to a famous person, place, object, historical event, or work of literature.
Allusion.
"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink." This is an example of what type of irony.
Situational irony.
"Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night.
Is an example of this type of metaphor. For full points, explain.
Implied metaphor.
Full points: The tiger is being compared to fire, although fire is not directly mentioned.
Every sonnet has this many lines.
14.
Irony is based on one of these two things.
Apparent contrast or contradiction.