a quick comparison using like or as.
What is a SIMILE
Rhetorical Question
What is a question to make a point, not to get an answer.
BOOM, ZIP, POW
What is ONOMATOPOEIA
I like to read, writing, and painting.
I like reading, writing, and painting
OR
I like to read, write, and paint
attribution of human qualities to inanimate things.
What is PERSONIFICATION
Allusion
What is a reference to a famous person, place, or event.
Tow truck breaking down.
What is IRONY
Mother was very busy gathering the laundry, to dust the furniture, and wash the dishes.
Mother was very busy gathering the laundry, dusting the furniture, and washing the dishes.
A comparison that provides a picture to help understand an idea.
What is METAPHOR
Anecdote
What is a short story to make a general idea seem interesting.
Sally sells seashells by the seashore
What is ALLITERATION
“We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back borders. We will bring wealth. And we will dream”.
“We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams”.
"School is like a carnival of learning"
What is SIMILE
Anaphora
Repetition at the beginning of a phrase
"Let us go then, you and I, While the evening is spread out against the sky, Like a patient etherized upon a table..." -T.S Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
What is SIMILE
"We've seen the unfurling of flags, lighting candles, the giving of blood, saying prayers."
"We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers."
Give an example of each type of appeal.
What is *answers vary*
Make up a line of personification.
What is *answers vary*
Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Juxtaposition
Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children. Martin Luther King. Jr, I Have a Dream
What is REPETITION
"My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, in mind of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors."
"My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors."