Poetry Terms: Vocabulary Word Wall by Madelyn Colby

Pun

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The face that many people make when a pun is used; especially by a dad.

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This is what the cool breeze sounds like in the midwest.

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You are no ordinary person; use your talents.

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S- substitution

D- depiction

E- exemplification

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The Sound of Silence- sound and silence are contradictory.

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A word concocted for deliberate effect. Smog is an example- a combination of smoke and fog.

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“I’m sorry, Wilson. Wilson, I’m sorry!”

“Don’t worry Wilson, I’ll do all the padding. You just hold on.”

This is an example of an apostrophe because Chuck from Castaway is talking to Wilson the volleyball as if it was alive and could communicate back.

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This compares my brother's intelligence to a box of rocks. This is a joke.