METAPHOR

Metaphor is a figure of speech which makes a objects that are unalike. comparison between two things or    My brother was boiling mad. The assignment was a breeze I am a rock, I am an Island

SIMILE

A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a simile draws resemblance with the help of the words “like” or “as”.

Our soldiers are as brave as lions.

Her cheeks are red like a rose.

ALLUSION

Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.

Nature's first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter And my daddy said stay away from Juliet But you were everything to me I was begging you please don't go and I said - See more at:

ASSONANCE

The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words.

Examples:  "Those images that yet Fresh images beget, That dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea." (W.B. Yeats, "Byzantium")  "Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage, against the dying of the light. . . .

"Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light." (Dylan Thomas, "Do not go gentle into that good night")

CONSONANCE Broadly, the repetition of consonant sounds; more specifically, the repetition of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words.

Examples:  Great, or

good

, or

kind

, or

fair

, I will

ne'er

If she

love

I

will

If she the

more despair

;

slight

me, this

believe

, die ere she

shall grieve

; me when I woo, I can scorn and

let her

go; For if she be

not for What care

I

for

me, whom she be?

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ts proj

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t

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Whether Jew or Gent

ile

, I rank top percent

ile

, Many st

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s, More powerful than

gamma rays

My

grammar pays

, like Carlos

Santana plays

ALLITERATION

The repetition of an initial consonant sound, as in "a

p

eck of

p

ickled

p

eppers.

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Examples

: "Miss Twining teaches tying knots In neckerchiefs and noodles, And how to tell chrysanthemums From miniature poodles." (Dr Seuss, Jack Prelutsky, and Lane Smith,

Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!

Knopf, 1998)  "The sibilant sermons of the snake as she discoursed upon the disposition of my sinner's soul seemed ceaseless." (Gregory Kirschling,

The Gargoyle

, 2008)

COLLOQUIAL OR INFORMAL VS. FORMAL LANGUAGE

• • Colloquial or Informal Language  The characteristic style of writing that seeks the effect of informal spoken language.

Formal  A broad term for speech or writing marked by an impersonal, objective, and precise use of language. A formal prose style is typically used in scholarly books and articles, technical reports, research papers, and legal documents.

IRONY

The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. Example:  Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.

ANALOGY

A comparison between two different things in order to highlight some point of similarity.   An analogy is comparable to metaphor and simile in that it shows how two different things are similar, but it’s a bit more complex. Rather than a figure of speech, an analogy is more of a logical argument. The presenter of an analogy will often demonstrate how two things are alike by pointing out shared characteristics, with the goal of showing that if two things are similar in some ways, they are similar in other ways as well.

Example:  When a poet is about to create a poem there is a vague feeling of going on an nocturnal hunting trip in an incredibly distant forest.

 No poet ever interprets nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.

WHAT NOW?

At this point, you should be familiar with all of the terms on the explication sheet.

 Use them at will!