Poetry

The Art ofFigurative Language

Poetry

Metaphor

Oxymoron Irony

Apostrophe

Hyperbole

Paradox

Personification Simile

Idioms

Simile

Comparing two things using like or as

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/literature/fiction.html

Metaphor

One thing is used to represent another

Apostrophe

A speaker addresses a person who is not present or a personified item.

Hyperbole

Deliberate exaggeration

http://volweb.utk.edu/schools/bedford/harrisms/hyperbole.htm

Irony

Contrast between what is stated and what is meant or expected to happen

Paradox

Seems to be contradictory but actually is true

Personification

Nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.

Oxymoron

Combines two opposing or contradictory ideas

www.oxymoronlist.com/-99k

Idiom

Saying or cliché that has hidden meaning.

www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6720/

Rhythm

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds

‘Twas `bril lig `and the `sli thy `tovesDid `gyre and `gim ble `in the `wabe. “Jabberwocky” Lewis Carroll

RhymeWords that sound the same

MAGICShel Silverstein

Sandra’s seen a leprechaun,Eddie touched a troll,*Laurie danced with witches once,Charlie found some goblin gold.*Donald heard a mermaid sing,Susie spied an elf,*But all the magic I have knownI’ve had to make myself. *

Examples of Poetry

Ballads

Limericks

Nonsense Poems

Haiku

Sonnets