Figurative Language By Garrison Rowland Allegory Demonstrative form

Figurative Language By, Garrison Rowland

Allegory • • • Demonstrative form explaining meaning other than the words that are really said Examples: 1. The grasshopper fails to provide for the winter while wasting. Yin and yang represents good and evil.

l u s o • n • Definition: An implied or indirect reference Example: • "I violated the Noah rule: predicting rain doesn't count; building arks does. " Warren Buffett

Analogy Definition: Comparing two like things. Examples: Feet is to walk as wheels are to buss.

Alliteration is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. Often a tongue twister: Peter piper picks a pack of pickle peppers how many packs of pickle peppers did peter piper pick.

Assonance: Is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. It is used to reinforce the meanings of words or to set the mood. Assonance In this picture the “I” repeats itself. This is an example by Carl Sandburg, in Early Moon, the long “o” sounds old or mysterious. “Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came. ”

Euphemism The substitution of an inoffensive term such as "passed away” for one considered offensive such as "died” You've got a prime figure. You really have, you know, Joanna Kersey: That's an euphemism for fat. In this picture instead of saying your fired Santa said let go.

Hyperbole A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point. Example: I've told you a million times! This picture is a hyperbole because he says these books weigh a ton but they really aren’t even close to that weight. These books weigh a ton!

Idiom An idiom is a word or phrase that is not taken literally. Like “bought the farm” it has nothing to do with buying a farm it is referring to dyeing. In this idiom he literally thinks that someone kicked a bucket. But when someone says “He kicked the bucket” it means that person passed away.

Irony is, the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning, a statement or situation where it is contradicted by the appearance of the idea. . Example: Nickels actually contain more copper than nickel. This picture is ironic because the procrastinator meeting is full of people who procrastinate which means wait until the last minute to do and to keep postponing something until the last minute.

Metaphor A metaphor is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that may have something in common. From The Long Goodbye, "He was eager to help but his legs were rubber” This picture is showing money growing on a tree but money really doesn’t it just a popular saying.

Simile Comparison between two things using like or as. Example: The waves were like pounding hammers. This picture is comparing the dog to smelly socks using the word “as”.

Onomatopoeia The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. For example boom is an onomatopoeia because boom actually makes the sound boom when it happens

Oxymoron is a figure of speech in were obviously contradictory terms appear in conjunction. An example of an oxymoron is, all natural artificial flavor. This picture is an oxymoron because there is a stop sign and a keep moving sign right next to each other.

Parable A parable is a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson. Example: In the New Testament in the Bible the stories are parables. .

Paradox A paradox is a figure of speech when a statement appears to contradict itself. "War is peace. "
"Freedom is slavery. "
"Ignorance is strength. ” George Orwell 1984 By saying his nose will grow he is lying about lying so his nose grows because he lied.

Personification Giving a non living object the qualities of a living being like a human or animal. Example: The mountain soared above me. In this picture it is giving the sun the quality of waving.

Proverb A proverb is a short compact saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice. “A tree is known by its fruit” – (of Zulu origin - this means that success is shown by the deeds. )

Pun A pun is a joke showing the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings Example: Dental care in Panama is called a route canal. This pun is mixing the words towed and toad.

Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity. Paul Newman said, “It's always darkest before it turns absolutely pitch black. ” This is an example of satire. This picture is an example of satire in the military.

Symbol A symbol is a something that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract A common symbol is a yield sign it doesn’t physically say yield but the red triangle everyone knows it means yield. This is the symbol for Ferrari.