Figurative Language/Rhetorical Devices by Nicole Leyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8 elevating our writing en-us 2021-09-02 13:48:49 UTC 2025-10-17 02:14:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Allusion explantation with Disney movies. nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715252554 2021-09-03 13:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715252554 What is allusion? nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715253077 2021-09-03 13:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715253077 What is oxymoron? nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715253500 a self-contradicting word of group of words]]> 2021-09-03 13:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715253500 What is an idiom? nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715253715 a phrase which represents something else. Not to be taken literally. ]]> 2021-09-03 13:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715253715 What is a hyperbole? nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715254319 extreme exaggeration (pronounced: "hy-per-bo-lee") ]]> 2021-09-03 13:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715254319 What is a metaphor? nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715254592 a comparison between two things without using the words like or as. This can be a short statement or a long extended piece. ]]> 2021-09-03 13:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715254592 Movies, Songs, Books, Speeches-- all provide sources of allusion. nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715255731 2021-09-03 13:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1715255731 List of examples nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1724938862 jumbo shrimp
passive agressive
awfully good
rolling stop
clearly confused
good grief
found missing
final draft
friendly fire
minor crisis
seriously funny
small crowd
going nowhere

]]> 2021-09-08 13:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1724938862 What is simile? nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1729094424 a comparison between two things using the word like or as]]> 2021-09-09 19:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1729094424 nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1742794223 2021-09-15 13:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1742794223 nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1758178072 2021-09-21 19:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1758178072 Examples nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1758179553 spill the beans
it's raining cats and dogs
money doesn't grow on trees
cut the cheese
kick the bucket
hold your horses]]> 2021-09-21 19:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1758179553 Examples nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1758182749 My shoes are killing me!
I'm so sleepy I could sleep for five years straight. 
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. 

]]> 2021-09-21 19:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1758182749 nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1758184446 2021-09-21 19:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1758184446 See the video under metaphor for examples of simile as well. nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1758190983 2021-09-21 19:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/1758190983 Synecdoche is a type of figurative language that uses one part to refer to the whole, or the whole to refer to the part. For example, a set of wheels can be used to refer to a vehicle and a suit to refer to a businessman. When referring to a car as a set of wheels, the wheels are only a part of the car and not the whole thing. Similarly, a typical businessman wears a suit alongside other accessories such as a watch and a briefcase. nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/2273009488 2022-08-26 18:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/2273009488 Other examples of synecdoche include:Bread can be used to refer to food in general or money.Head can refer to counting cattle or people.Hired hands can be used to refer to workers. nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/2273009634 2022-08-26 18:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/2273009634 Onomatopoeia is a language that names something or an action by imitating the sound associated with it. They add some reality to the writing. Examples of onomatopoeia include:The fireplace heater hissed and cracked.The truck engine roared as it climbed the hill.The alarm clock buzzed at the time I was going to the bathroom. nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/2273010317 2022-08-26 18:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/2273010317 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/2273010873 2022-08-26 18:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/2273010873 nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/2273012755 2022-08-26 18:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/2273012755 nicoleleyhew https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/2273014825 2022-08-26 18:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoleleyhew/9x5d92vbxg10g0i8/wish/2273014825