Literary Terms Hyperbole – An exaggeration (Hyperbole does not stay within the realm of what is plausible. (Outlandish exaggeration). Understatement – Usually an ironic statement that under-exaggeration Irony – Reality is at odds with expectation - Situational – No word play‚ a situation is ironic. The preachers daughter contracted an STD. Cop’s son gets arrested. - Verbal – Meaning the opposite of what you say. Sarcasm‚ verbal irony + intent to insult. - Dramatic - All about
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fact‚ allowed to serve in the military as the rightful soldiers of America. Phillips uses hyperbole‚ understatement and metaphor to persuade the audience that the support of African American soldiers will be a contributing factor in imminent American victory. Wendell Phillips portrays a few commendable figures of Europe that have been extolled as the greatest minds of the time through the use of hyperbole. In the beginning of the passage‚ he describes Napoleon as a man whom the French found “no
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3. Construct a sentence using different kinds of figures of speech. 4. Recall the 5 commonly used figures of speech through quiz. II. Subject Matter and Materials A. Topic: Figures of Speech (Metaphor‚ Simile‚ Personification‚ Hyperbole & Irony) B. Year Level: 3rd Year High school C. Reference: Literature of the Philippines. Rex Bookstore‚ Inc. Ferdilyn C. Larcia and Lydia L. Libunao‚ Ed D et al. (2003). Essential English. Loyola Student Center and Publisher. (2000)
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Multiple Choice Directions: Read the following (3) three selections‚ choose the correct answer. 1. What figure of speech is bores me to tears? a. hyperbole c. metaphor b. simile d. personification 2. What figure of speech is the book dropped from his hands like lead? a. simile c. personification b. hyperbole d. metaphor 3. What figure of speech is they had to have it in their libraries as a monument of antiquity‚ like those old rusty coins which can’t be used in real
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definition completely disregards the different types of humor. A revised definition that would solve this problem would look something like this: “Comedy is a type of entertainment that uses elements including but not limited to sarcasm‚ irony‚ hyperbole‚ absurdity‚ offensiveness‚ and satire intended to make an audience laugh or become to become aware of the humor associated with a situation or group”. Although this definition may seem unwieldy‚ it solves the problem of ambiguity with the Oxford
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Roughing it OEQ Kyle Poeckh 1/11/16 First‚ Mark Twain had many jobs because his father died when Mark was 13. He quitted a lot of jobs because they were hard. Mark was a store clerk. He got fired at a food store because he ate all the sugar. He was a clerk at a bookstore‚ until customers kept asking him questions and Mark was getting annoyed. Next‚ Mark was not willing to work for the Virginia Newspaper Company‚ but he took his chances. Mark found out that the Virginia Paper needed people
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The song “Red” by Taylor Swift includes many literary devices to convey a highly strong message. The most important literary devices the artist uses are personification‚ symbolism and hyperbole. Primarily‚ the artist uses personification to show the problem encountered in her life. Personification is the attributes of human traits‚ emotion and form applied to something nonhuman. It is used to give writing life‚ and relate ideas and objects to humans‚ which is more effective to convey the author’s
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posture was ramrod straight" (12). Hyperbole: "...the meanest man God ever blew breath into" (12). Simile: "Her hand was wide as a bed slat and twice as hard" (6). Personification-"Maycomb was an old town‚ but it was a tired old town when i first knew it" (pg5) Simile-"...and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting of sweat and sweet talcum"(pg5) Metaphor-"MrsDubose was plain hell"(pg6) "Inside the house lived a malevolent Phantom"(pg8) Hyperbole-"...That’s why his hands were blood
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Metaphysical Poetry: Definition‚ Characteristics & Examples: Definition of Metaphysical Poetry You’ve probably heard of haikus‚ lyrical poems and limericks. All of those types of poetry have specific qualities that allow us to group them together. Metaphysical poetry is a little bit different. The poems classified in this group do share common characteristics: they are all highly intellectualized‚ use rather strange imagery‚ use frequent paradox and contain extremely complicated thought.
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How does Euripides build empathy for outsiders in Greek society in Medea? Medea is a woman who is a non-Greek outsider - she is a barbarian from Colchis. Her irrational behaviour and extreme response correlates to the stereotype of a Barbarian woman. Euripides effectively uses the chorus to help create and build empathy for Medea by sympathising with her and being biased towards her by taking her side. The chorus in Classical Greek drama was a group of actors who described and commented upon the
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