What are the What are the

Slide Show Created By:

Shailesh Tiwari

Student

ImageryImagery

The mental pictures created

by a piece of writing

Folks sway in the Palace aisles

grinning and stomping and out of breath,

From Out of the DustOut of the Dust p. 13-14, “On Stage”

Imagery Imagery example:example:

SimileSimile

A phrase that compares two things using “like” or “as”

Simile Simile example:example:

Right handplaying notes sharp as

tongues,

From Out of the DustOut of the Dust p. 13-14, “On Stage”

MetaphorMetaphor

A phrase that compares two things without using “like” or

“as”

Metaphor exampleMetaphor example

That isheaven.

How supremely heaven

playing pianocan be.

From Out of the DustOut of the Dust p. 13-14, “On Stage”

PersonificationPersonification

When human traits or characteristics

are given to inanimate objects

or abstract notions

PersonificationPersonificationexampleexample

When I point my fingers at the keys,

the music

springs straight out of me.

From Out of the DustOut of the Dust p. 13-14, “On Stage”

RhymeRhyme

Words at the end of lines of poetry

that sound the same.

Rhyme Rhyme exampleexample

A Student's Prayer A Student's Prayer by Anonymous

Now I lay me down to rest.I pray I pass tomorrow's test.If I should die before I wake,that's one less test I'll have to take.

AlliterationAlliterationThe repetition of

the first consonant sound

in a group of words

AlliterationAlliterationIf Ma could put her arm across my shouldersometime,or stroke back my hairor sing me to sleep, making the soft sounds, the reassuring noises,that no matter how brittle and sharp life seemed,no matter how brittle and sharp she seemed,she was still my ma who loved me…

From Out of the DustOut of the Dust ( (p. 148, “Motherless”)

AssonanceAssonance

The repetition of vowel sounds in a group of words.

Assonance Assonance exampleexample

“…the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore…” From “The Raven”

by Edgar Allen Poe

HyperboleHyperbole

A figure of speech involving exaggeration to

help create a desired image.

Hyperbole Hyperbole exampleexample

Why does a boy who’s fast as Why does a boy who’s fast as a jeta jet

Take all day—and sometimes Take all day—and sometimes two—two—

To get to school?To get to school?

By: John Ciardi (from “Speed Adjustments”)

IdiomIdiom

Examples:

•Raining cats and dogsRaining cats and dogs

•Teach an old dog new tricksTeach an old dog new tricks

•Skating on thin iceSkating on thin ice

•A day late and a dollar shortA day late and a dollar short

•Air your dirty laundry in publicAir your dirty laundry in public

A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words

actually say. (Usually only understandable to a particular group of people.)

IdiomIdiom

Examples:

•Raining cats and dogsRaining cats and dogs

•Teach an old dog new tricksTeach an old dog new tricks

•Skating on thin iceSkating on thin ice

•A day late and a dollar shortA day late and a dollar short

•Air your dirty laundry in publicAir your dirty laundry in public

A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words

actually say. (Usually only understandable to a particular group of people.)

OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeia

Use of a word that is an actual imitation of the

sound it is referring to

OnomatopoeiaOnomatopoeiaexampleexample

Swoosh, swishpaddling down a creeksplish, splash, whumpa fish jumps on me

By: Lacey

(a student at Langley Meadows school in Canada)

Credits:Credits:

Slide Show by:ShaileshTiwari

Student