Figurative Language Figurative language or figure of speech is a word or group of words used to give particular emphasis to an idea or sentiment. The special emphasis is typically accomplished by the user’s conscious deviation from the strict literal sense of word‚ or from the more commonly used form word order or sentence construction. “Figure of speech is any way of saying something other than the ordinary way”‚ or in other definition‚ figures of speech are combinations of words whose meaning cannot
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will. 6. Do you think Longfellow’s poem is about one specific traveler‚ or could it apply to all in general? Explain your answer. It applies to all because all travelers go through thw hardships of coming and going. 7. Personification is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings‚ thoughts‚ or attitudes. Cite an example of Longfellow’s use of personification in "The Tide Rises‚ The Tide Falls." “The twilight darkens‚ curlew calls” 8. How does the division into stanzas
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Literary Terms Allegory: Allegory is a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters‚ figures and events. It can be employed in prose and poetry to tell a story with a purpose of teaching an idea and a principle or explaining an idea or a principle. The objective of its use is to preach some kind of a moral lesson. Example: “Animal Farm”‚ written by George Orwell‚ is an allegory that uses animals on a farm to describe the overthrow of the last of the
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than the literal meaning. (Eg. The title of the poem “Peace”). Religious imagery- religious imagery is something that is represents a religious purpose‚ subject or connection. (Eg. “God be thanked Who has watched us with His hour”). Simile- A figure of speech that compares one thing
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going through. "When the sun is bright on the upland slopes‚ when the wind stirs soft through the springing grass" here the poet uses alliteration twice using the letters w and s. "And the river flows like a stream of glass" the poet uses a figure of speech which is a simile to compare the river with glass‚ the purpose of this simile is to enhance the beauty of river stream by comparing it with glass that is to say that both are calm and clear. "When the first bird sings and the first bud opes
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Ballad of Birmingham In the poem Ballad of Birmingham‚ by Dudley Randall‚ written in 1969‚ Mr. Randall uses of irony to describes the events of the mothers decision‚ and also her concern for the welfare of her darling little child. It seems odd that this child would even know what a freedom march is‚ but this would be considered normal back in the early 1960’s‚ when Mr. Martin Luther King Jr. had rallies and freedom marches to free the African American people from discrimination and segregation
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imaginative thought of what is being described. Pun: is the use of word play‚ when words are organised in an amusing way to suggest another meaning. Puns effects the reader by making the situation humorous whilst showing the intended purpose. Figure of speech: This is an expression that should not be taken seriously. For example‚ ’pigs might fly’‚ meaning not that there is pigs flying past your window but that something is probably untrue. Hyperbole: Hyperbole is exaggeration. For instance‚ when
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equal than others. Alliteration the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables of an English language phrase Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. Allusion A figure of speech‚ in which one refers covertly or indirectly to an object or circumstance that has occurred or existed in an external context. “When she lost her job‚ she acted like a Scrooge‚ and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary.” Ambiguity uncertainty
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in a series of words. If the consonants are the same but the sounds are different they do not alliterate. eg. "...the grease that kisses the onions with a hiss." from WILLIAM STREET by Kenneth Slessor ALLUSION is the reference to well-known figures and/or other texts eg. "And thrice I heard the Cock crow thinking I knew it’s meaning well." from COCK CROW by Rosemary Dobson The reference here is to the denial of Jesus after his arrest by one of his disciples. APPROPRIATED TEXT A text which
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or could it apply to all in general? Explain your answer. I think it’s about all in general because‚ like the tide‚ people come and go to places. They come‚ stay for a while‚ enjoy it for a bit‚ and leave. | | 7. Personification is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings‚ thoughts‚
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