Poetic Device Definition Onomatopoeia

Examples

Onomatopoeia is the imitation of buzz, hiss, roar, woof, bang, pop, natural sounds in word form. These hiss, and sizzle words help us form mental pictures about the things, people, or places that are described. Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. It may be confused with a simile because it often compares two items. The difference is that with a hyperbole the comparison is an exaggeration. Repetition is when one or more words are repeated to show urgency or importance. I could sleep for a year. This box weighs a ton. His eyes were as round as saucers. I nearly died laughing. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. I've told you a million times not to exaggerate. Dig Dig Dig Dig Dig Dig Dig Dig it it it it it it it it oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, dig it oh (oh) oh, dig it oh (oh) oh, dig it oh (oh) oh, dig it oh (yeah)

Hyperbole

Repetition

Personification

Personification is when an author gives an idea, object, or animal qualities or traits of a person. Alliteration is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. When writers want to emphasize certain words, they may use alliteration

a smiling moon CD player sang a tune car ran down in the do or die dumps sink or swim back to the basics pay the price green as grass right as rain CocaCola live the life

Alliteration

Simile

A simile is a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. A simile always uses the words like or as to make a comparison.

It's been a hard day's night and I've been working like a dog - The Beatles My heart is like an open highway - Jon Bon Jovi as hungry as a bear as nutty as a fruitcake as quick as lightning as slippery as

like two peas in a pod like Christmas in summer snow was like a blanket

my love is like a red, red rose deer ran like the wind

an eel as solid as a rock as stubborn as a mule as sturdy as an oak

Metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech Patty was a raging tiger when she comparing two unlike things that have lost her lunch money. something in common. The comparison is made without the use of like or as. During the night the forest was a dark, frightening battlefield.

Activity 1 - Oral Practice with SmartBoard

Teddy was the kind of kid who strained the mercy of any teacher. His messiness and unpleasantness quickly worked their dark magic on Miss Thompson, who just didn't like the little brat. In time she enjoyed giving Teddy bad grades on his consistently poor homework. But when Miss Thompson checked Teddy's permanent records, she discovered he had been a fine student until his mother died of a terminal illness a couple of years earlier. Miss Thompson's shame over her misjudgment of Teddy grew when, at Christmastime, the hurting boy gave her some perfume that had belonged to his mother. When Miss Thompson put it on, Teddy told her that she smelled just like his mother used to. At that moment the teacher's heart was forever changed toward Teddy. Miss Thompson invested countless hours in Teddy, helping him improve in his schoolwork and clean up his personal life. Her devotion paid off as Teddy began to turn his life around. Years later Miss Thompson received rich rewards for her effort, rewards that came in the form of letters from Teddy. One letter arrived when Teddy graduated from high school near the top of his class. One came when he graduated with honors from college. The last letter arrived when he finished medical school and was about to get married. This note was signed, "Theodore F. Stallard, M.D." In all his notes, Teddy credited Miss Thompson with changing his life by believing in him.

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