Figurative Language and Literary Devices
Similes are a comparison statement using these words.
What is like or as?
"That girl is a backstabber, she is meaner than a crocodile."
What is hyperbole?
This type of figurative language is made up of 4 lines.
What is a quatrain?
What is onomatopoeia?
Fuller graduated from this University (the first degree)
Reinhardt
This 6 packed 90's R&B singer wasn't exactly practicing witchcraft, but he sure was onto something with his "Untitled" hit in the year 2000.
D'angelo
This type of figurative language is an over-exaggeration to emphasize something.
What is hyperbole?
"The duck said to the bartender, put it on my bill."
What is a pun?
This is a pattern of beats in a line of poetry.
What is a meter?
The definition of this word is the repetition of a vowel a sound.
What is assonance?
While Fuller plays many instruments, his first love is:
You might go def listening to this band who are definitely ready for school to be out so they can have "their own summer."
Deftones
This figurative language is used when referring to another text, movie, etc.
What is allusion?
"The little boy drank his red, cherry medicine."
What is imagery?
This poem type has 14 lines
What is a Sonnet?
This is an example of...
"Dr. Blackburn bet Billy that bumble bees are better buzzers."
What is alliteration?
How many states has Fuller visited?
50
This now deceased rapper once created an entire album with himself as the narrator, but with a twist: he didn't narrate as himself but as a famous foe of the monster Godzilla. Robert Downey Jr. is probably doing LOTS of research on him these days...
MF DOOM
Anything using the 5 senses to describe something.
What is imagery?
"Sad romcoms are my kryptonite."
What is an allusion?
This is a type of rhyme with words that sound similar but are not identical.
What is slant rhyme?
"The steak is sizzling on the grill."
This is an example of this.
What is onomatopoeia?
This rapper lost a lot of legal "power" after he was sued for sampling the prog rock band: King Crimson.
Kanye
A juxtaposition is used when doing these two things to create an interesting effect.
What is compare and contrast?
"That car accident looked pretty ugly when we drove by."
The action of repeating a word that has been said or written.
What is repetition?
"Amber screams with fury at Oliver for breaking up with her."
This is an example of this term.
What is tone?
Stone Island
This producer, label manager, and rapper once said (not once but twice) that he "needed a girl." These days, he probably just needs a good attorney!
Puff Daddy (Sean Combs)