Poetic tequnicks Flashcards
(17 cards)
What is a simile?
A simile is when a scentence used to compare twwo thinks using the word “like” or “as”
What is a a methapor?
A methapor is when a scentece discibes something by saying that it IS something that it is not
An example of a methapor
“She was a dragon, spewing flames upon the dirty bedroom”
What is a peron?
The main character / speaker in a apome
What is a personification?
A personification is when a typ of methaphor, saying that something non - human is, or is doing, something in a human way
An example of a personification
“the trees danced in the wind”
What is a hyperbole?
Hyperbole is something that is greather/bigger/more than it is
What is a alateration?
A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances
What is a assonance?
Is when a a word has a “ a, e, i, o, u” in it
What is a symbolism?
A symbolism is the idea that things represent other things.
An example of a symbolism
“The black raven sat on the blue fenceand watch me go inside the house”
An example of a assonance
” In spain it was mainly raining”
An example of a alateration
” out of the blue a unicor came”
An example of a hyperbole
“As a tzunami came from the ocean and was about to slush the city as i a jumped on my surfboard”
What is a imergery?
An example of a imergery?
“It was dark and dim in the forest”
What is a oxeroma?
Using an oppesite word like “beauty ugly”
