Figuratively Speaking
"These are the poems of a man with eyes like a drawknife, with hands like a pickpocket’s hands"
What is Simile?
Quack! Buzz! Splat!
What is onomatopoeia?
Which sense does gustatory imagery involve?
What is Taste?
This term describes the word choice that a writer uses to achieve a particular effect.
What is Diction?
Definition: a word that sounds like the sound that it is describing.
What is Onomatopoeia?
"I can feel the paradise before my world implodes / And tonight had something wonderful"
What is Hyperbole?
"Yeah, breakfast at Tiffany's and bottles of bubbles / Girls with tattoos who like getting in trouble / Lashes and diamonds, ATM machines / Buy myself all of my favorite things"
What is rhyme / end rhyme?
What kind of imagery is described here: "The little puppy accosted me as he slobbered my face with his wet and drooling tongue"
What is Touch / Tactile imagery?
"Back to the region where the sun is silent"
What is Personification or Synesthesia?
Definition: an exaggerated statement that emphasizes strong ideas or emotions.
What is Hyperbole?
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players"
What is Metaphor?
"The black bug bit a big brown bear."
What is Alliteration?
What is the difference between alliteration and consonance?
Alliteration: beginning letters / sounds
Consonance: similar consonant sounds that can be at the beginning, middle, or end
"My lover's got humour / She's the giggle at a funeral"
What is Metaphor?
Give the definition of synesthesia.
"No sun will shine in my day today / The high yellow moon won't come out to play"
What is Personification?
"whisper", "twinkling in shimmery twilight" and "soft seasons of mist" can all be examples of what sound device?
What is Euphony?
Give 3 reasons why a writer might use repetition.
What are.. Memorable, Pleasing sound, Cohesiveness, Emphasis, Etc.
"And the hyacinth purple, and white, and blue,
Which flung from its bells a sweet peal anew
Of music so delicate, soft, and intense,
It was felt like an odour within the sense"
What is Synesthesia?
Give the definition of cacophony.
"And he's long gone when he's next to me / And I realize the blame is on me"
What is Paradox?
"I'll swing by my ankles / She'll cling to your knees ... But just one thing..."
What is Consonance?
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone: the speaker's attitude towards the subject of the poem
Mood: the emotional atmosphere of the poem
Name two devices: "Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dark fox gone to ground"
What is Assonance / Cacophony / Consonance?
Definition: when contradictory terms appear next to each other in a phrase.
What is Oxymoron?