https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k Michaela Morris, Bridgette Shope, Lucas Adams, Sean Douglas en-us 2016-09-30 14:44:38 UTC 2025-05-20 19:07:31 UTC hello@padlet.com mmorris9564 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127886132 Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Ex in literature: "It's a slow burg—I spent a couple of weeks there one day."
(Carl Sandburg, The People, Yes)
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-hyperbole-in-literature.html

Own Ex: " I can't think, my brain is fried." 

Picture:]]> 2016-10-03 14:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127886132 sdouglas4119 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127887368 Is when someone uses conjunctions or connection words frequently in a sentence, instead of using them scarcely.

Ex.
"Here and there and everywhere"
instead of "here,there,everywhere"

Example In Literature:
“I said, ‘Who killed him?’ and he said ‘I don’t know who killed him, but he’s dead all right,’ and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights or windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown and I got a skiff and went out and found my boat where I had her inside Mango Key and she was right only she was full of water.” (Ernest Hemingway, After the Storm)

Own Ex. "I jumped over it and over him and over the moon and over the car"

Pic: ]]> 2016-10-03 14:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127887368 sdouglas4119 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127890028 Polysyndeton Picture Ex.:]]> 2016-10-03 14:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127890028 sdouglas4119 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127890504 A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole.
Ex. in lit: “O no! It is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken.” - Shakespeare's Sonnet
Own Ex. lend me your ears!
Pic: ]]> 2016-10-03 14:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127890504 ladams7766 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127891634 When human characteristics are applied to a non human object.

Original ex. The tree waved in the wind.

Ex. in literature- “When well-appareled April on the heel
Of limping winter treads.” -Romeo and Juliet
http://literarydevices.net/personification/




]]> 2016-10-03 14:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127891634 mmorris9564 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127892455 The repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines of writing or speech.

Example in Literature:
“Five years have passed;
Five summers, with the length of
Five long winters! and again I hear these waters…” (William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey)
http://literarydevices.net/anaphora/
Own Example: 
I will never forget that moment, I will never forget. 

Picture:]]> 2016-10-03 14:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127892455 sdouglas4119 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127894798 Hinting at something without explicitly stating it. 
Example in literature: Hester wore the letter A as a symbol of ignominy.
This alludes to her being an adulterer.
Own Ex:
Greg the police officer was watching the criminals like white on rice
Pic:]]> 2016-10-03 14:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127894798 ladams7766 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127897934 The repetition of the last word of the preceding clause

Original ex. I love trees, trees are pretty.

Ex in literature-  “For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas and hath not left his peer.” - John Milton's "Lycidas"
http://literarydevices.net/anadiplosis/]]> 2016-10-03 14:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127897934 mmorris9564 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127898598 A metaphor that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.

Example in Literature: JAQUES: All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. (William Shakespeare, As You Like It) http://www.literarydevices.com/extended-metaphor/

Own Example: Tiff is a pig. She is an ignorant boar who has no self control. When she speaks, the dam of self control open and stupidity flows out of her mouth. ]]> 2016-10-03 14:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/127898598 bshope8204 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/128017744 Identified by the repetition sound of the first letter in a series of multiple words. It is a literary stylistic device.

Ex in literature: "She sells sea-shells down by the sea shore."
Own Ex: Paige's pink paste pours poorly 

Own Ex: Bridgette brings bright boxes



]]> 2016-10-03 21:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/128017744 bshope8204 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/128018696 Comparing one thing with another thing of a different kind, comparison of two things

Ex literature: My dog is as smelly as dirty socks

Own Ex: Sally bolts as fast as a lion.]]> 2016-10-03 21:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/128018696 bshope8204 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/128019032 The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing. 

Ex literature:  "Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the spring adieu."

Own Ex: Sadie uses "Adieu" rather than goodbye.]]> 2016-10-03 21:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/128019032 mmorris9564 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/128183501 A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Example in Literature: “Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day”, (William Shakespeare, Sonney 18)
http://literarydevices.net/metaphor/

Own Example: Her smile is the sun.

Picture: ]]> 2016-10-04 14:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/128183501 ladams7766 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/128184534 A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.

Original Ex. I need extra hands

“As he swung toward them holding up the hand
Half in appeal, but half as if to keep
The life from spilling”  - Out, Out by Robert Frost
http://literarydevices.net/metonymy/]]> 2016-10-04 14:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/128184534 bshope8204 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/128185231 An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. 

Ex Literature: Father: "We are going on a vacation." 
Son: "That's great!"]]> 2016-10-04 14:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/128185231 https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/135143296 Rookey]]> 2016-11-03 16:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mmorris9564/zhhdkl9g6x0k/wish/135143296