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A recognition of similarity in the relationship between objects and ideas.
ex. Bad news slides off him like water slides off a ducks back. |
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An elaborate metaphor, artificially strained or far-fetched, in which the subject is compared with a simpler analogue usually chosen from nature or a familiar context. Especially associated with intense emotional or spiritual feelings.
ex. Sir Thomas Wyatt's "My Galley," an adaptation of Petrarch's Sonnet 159. |
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direct comparison of two different things.
ex. That kid’s a house! (meaning: he’s really big) |
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A special kind of metaphor; substitute a word with something closely associated with it.
ex. The white house announced… (white house : executive branch, president) |
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giving human qualities to something not human ; giving animation to something in-animate
ex. The dancing tea cups from Beauty and the Beast ; The trees waved at me |
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Giving concrete qualities to something abstract.
ex. Opportunity Knocks |
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of two unlike things using like, as, or than.
ex. He eats like a pig. (He eats quickly and sloppily.) |
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Where we substitute a part for the whole or the whole for the part.
ex. Referring to your car as your ‘wheels’ (wheels : car) ; All hands on deck! (hands : whole person); Country Day beat Frankford on Saturday. (Country Day : Basketball Team) |
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Mixing up of light and dark images. (in Art, it’s shading in the picture)
ex. “O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art/As glorious to this night, being o'er my head” (Romeo and Juliet) |
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Huge exaggeration
ex. I’ve told you a zillion times. |
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Difference between reality and appearance.
ex. A old man won the lottery, and died the next day. (poor guy ;_; ) |
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Ironic understatement (saying something is less than it really is)
ex. You do a little bit of homework at Country Day. ; Bill Gates has a couple of bucks. |
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The placement of contradictory words in close proximity of each other. (type of paradox)
ex. Wanting to be hott and cool at the same time; jumbo shrimp |
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A contradiction.
ex. Real and fake; servant and master |
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The placement of contradictory words in close proximity of each other. (type of paradox)
ex. Wanting to be hott and cool at the same time; jumbo shrimp |
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A contradiction.
ex. Real and fake; servant and master |
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the mixing up of sensory information
ex. Cotton candy tastes pink. (Cotton candy doesn’t actually taste like a color.) ; Her voice is soft. ( Soft : Gentle, quiet.) |
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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines
Ex. On shade the more, one ray the less |
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Repetition of initial consonate sounds
Ex. Cloudless chimes |
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The repetition of vowel sounds
Ex. Brown sound |
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Repetition of final consonant sounds
Ex. Find and mend |
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The repetition of a word or phrase in a single line of poetry
Ex. In a kingdom by the sea (Annabel Lee) |
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Repetition of a word, phrase or line of poetry, in fixed places in a poem
Ex. Chorus in a song |
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Repeition of a word or phrase throughout a poem
Ex. Annabel Lee (Annabel Lee) |
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A pause within a line of poetry
Ex. One shade the more, one shade the less |
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The intentional inversion of basic sentence construction
Ex. To stop too fearful |
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words that imitate sounds
Ex. WHOOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Question for which no answer is expected
Ex. Are you stupid or something? |
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Transition in tone or theme. A word must be a subordinate conjunction (but, so, etc.) to be used in a volta
Ex. sonnets |
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