https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy en-us 2021-01-06 16:45:50 UTC 2021-01-07 15:19:22 UTC hello@padlet.com jstone95 https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060149046 the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Example: 

• The police station gets robbed.
• A post on Facebook complaining how useless Facebook is.
• A traffic cop gets his license suspended because of unpaid parking tickets.

]]> 2021-01-06 16:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060149046 jstone95 https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060149596 an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Example: 

• “Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.”
• The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora’s box of crimes.
• “This place is like a Garden of Eden.” 

]]> 2021-01-06 16:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060149596 jstone95 https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060150092 In literature, the tone of a literary work expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience.

Example: 

•  I felt sorrow as the bird fell out of the free.
• You just won the grand prize!
• Tommy, don't run in the hallway!

]]> 2021-01-06 16:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060150092 jstone95 https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060150762 A literary theme is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.

Example: 

• Courage and perseverance.
• Coming of age.
• Revenge.

]]> 2021-01-06 16:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060150762 jstone95 https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060151487 visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Example: 

• The F-16 swooped down like an eagle after its prey.
• The lake was left shivering by the touch of morning wind.
• The pot was as red as a tongue after a cherry-flavored ring pop.

]]> 2021-01-06 16:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060151487 jstone95 https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060152537 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Example: 

• Black bug bit a big black bear.
• Sheep should sleep in a shed.
• I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.

]]> 2021-01-06 16:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060152537 jstone95 https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060153206 a very typical example of a certain person or thing.

Example: 

• The Sage.
• The Innocent.
• The Creator.

]]> 2021-01-06 16:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060153206 jstone95 https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060154064 the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Example: 

• Purple is a royal color.
• Yellow stands for violence or decay.
• Blue represents peacefulness and calm

]]> 2021-01-06 16:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060154064 jstone95 https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060155064 Personification occurs when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person, in literature or art, as an anthropomorphic metaphor.

Example: 

• The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
• Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
• My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

]]> 2021-01-06 16:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060155064 jstone95 https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060156069 a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words

Example:  

•   “Piece of cake” 
• “Costs an arm and a leg” 
• “Break a leg”

]]> 2021-01-06 16:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060156069 jstone95 https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060156856 Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.

Example: 

• He's running faster than the wind.
• This bag weighs a ton.
• That man is as tall as a house.

]]> 2021-01-06 16:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060156856 jstone95 https://padlet.com/jstone95/7q52zulff1xqnqy/wish/1060157970 A euphemism is an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that may be found offensive or suggest something unpleasant.

Example: 

• Put to sleep instead of euthanize.
• Pregnancy termination instead of abortion.
• Bite the big one instead of die.

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