wl Mogme Definitions Imagery:Descriptive writing that appeals to the senses. Simile: Comparing two unlike things using /ike or as, Metaphor: Comparing two unlike things without using like Or as. Alliteration: Repetition of beginning consonant sounds. Hyperbole: A major exaggeration or overstatement. Onomatopocia: A word that sounds like its meaning, Personification: Giving human traits or characteristics to something that isn’t human,Metaphor * Definition: A figure of speech stating that two things are similar. * Examples: * The book was a passport to adventure. “You are what you eat. * Her hair was silk.Metonymy A figure of speech in which one thing is represented by something closely related to it. “The relationship is not one of similarity, as with metaphor, but of common association.” Ex. “Two daiquiris / withdrew into a corner of the gorgeous room / and one told the other a lie” Ex. “The students put blood and sweat into their essays.” Ex. “No French bob touched Gatsb'y shoulder” (50).Ma te) ( An extreme exaggeration to make a point. Eg: | mso hungry | can eat a horse. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand (Macbeth by Shakespeare) ENGLISH WITH NISHANTer Speaking out one's thoughts either alone or in front of others -Are included in Dramas Eg. Hamlet's seven Soliloquoys in the Play Hamlet by Shakespeare66 Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds with different consonantal sounds following. e.g. meek, beam, peace, pier, reap; e.g. choke, goal, show.66 Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds with different consonantal sounds following. e.g. meek, beam, peace, pier, reap; e.g. choke, goal, show.Tel 9 It is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly, but which may include a latent truth Example: aims tite Mm asl Milan: Om Tle 2. Truth is honey, which is bitter.Onomatopoeia Definition: Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds. Examples: Buzz, Honk, Zip, fizz, Ding Dong66 Personification Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or abstract idea. Example: The sun is very angry todayeyo C A direct comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.” Example: He’s as dumb as an ox. Example: Her eyes are like comets.ry | ry Tet: * Literary Device used in drama «a speech that is meant to be heard by the audience but not the other characters * generally used to criticise or gossip about another character * should not be mistaken with monologue or a soliloquy « Extensively used by Marlowe in Doctor Faustus and Shakespeare in Hamlet ENGLISH WITH NISHAN |Be rr (tn T Indicating a person, object, etc. by letting only a certain part represent the whole. Example: All hands on deck. ENGLISH WITH NISHANTEEL eoriginated in the | ea song that tells a story, ty P4igecl an re edramatic, condensed and impersonal eballad stanza, is the most common stanza form which is a quatrain, usually only the second and fourth lines rhyme. eEg. Rime of the Ancient Mariner by ST Coleridge ENGLISH WITH NISHAN:Meelis The repetition of consonant sounds with different vowel sounds preceding it. e.g. bake, duck, soak, pick, epicGG Blank Verse e Verse that has no rhyme e Especially used in dramatic monologues e Jambic Pentameter e Does not have a, fixed number of lines ¢ Can be composed in any meter Eg. Mending Walls by Robert Frost | PSE O PE EEEEEEE | | ENGLISH WITH NISHANT66 Lament A poem expressing sorrow or grief over Death, a Situation or Circumstancesee « Words that look as if they should rhyme but do not. for example “good” and “mood.” Also known as sight rhyme.