Figures Of Speech by Carlos Alberto Muñiz Charris https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g Made with ♥ en-us 2018-01-15 14:58:26 UTC 2018-01-15 23:18:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Analogy muniz_carlos1 https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221463445  Comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Ex:
A.) Finding a good man is like finding a needle in a haystack.
B.) That movie was a roller coaster ride of emotions
C.) Life is like a box of chocolates-you never know what you’re gonna get.

]]> 2018-01-15 14:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221463445 Hyperbole muniz_carlos1 https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221464397 Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Ex:
A.) I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
B.) My mom is going to kill me.
C.)  This is so boring, just kill me now!

]]> 2018-01-15 15:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221464397 Metaphor muniz_carlos1 https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221465489 A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Ex:
A.) The snow is a white blanket. 
B.) America is a melting pot.
C.)Tom’s eyes were icy.
]]> 2018-01-15 15:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221465489 Personification muniz_carlos1 https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221465987 The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Ex:
A.)  My alarm clock yells at me every morning.
B.) Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
C.) The wind howled in the night
]]> 2018-01-15 15:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221465987 Similie muniz_carlos1 https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221466727 A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Like or As is always used in this comparison.

Ex
A.) Our soldiers are as brave as lions.
B .) Her cheeks are red like a rose.
C.) He is as cunning as a fox.
]]> 2018-01-15 15:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221466727 Repetition muniz_carlos1 https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221546835  Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

Ex:
A.)Nory was a Catholic because her mother was a Catholic, and Nory’s mother was a Catholic because her father was a Catholic, and her father was a Catholic because his mother was a Catholic, or had been.”
B.)I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn’t really happy.
C.)No heart is so hard as the timid heart.

]]> 2018-01-15 22:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221546835 Alliteration muniz_carlos1 https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221547240 The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Ex:
A.)Kim’s kids kept kicking.
B.)Hannah’s home has heat, hopefully.
C.)Larry’s lizard likes leaping leopards.
]]> 2018-01-15 22:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221547240 Assonance muniz_carlos1 https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221547594 Resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants,but also from the use of identical consonants with different vowels.

Ex:
A.) He gives his harness bells a shake
B.) The only other sound’s the sweep
C.)  And miles to go before I sleep


]]> 2018-01-15 22:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221547594 Consonance muniz_carlos1 https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221548031 Consonance is the repetition of a consonant sound and is typically used to refer to the repetition of sounds at the end of the word.

Ex:
A.) Mike likes his new bike.
B.) I will crawl away the ball.
C.) I dropped the locket in the thick mud.
]]> 2018-01-15 22:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221548031 Onomatopeia muniz_carlos1 https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221548448 The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

Ex:
A.) BANG!
B.) BOOM!
C.) BEEP]]> 2018-01-15 22:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/muniz_carlos1/vh1cezhz18g/wish/221548448