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79A Poetic Primer - Using Imagery and Symbolism
Enjoy reading and writing poetry more by understanding the use of imagery and symbolism.
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71Literary Elements of Poetry and Literature - Terminology and Examples
Elements of Poetry includes; denotation, connotation, imagery, alliteration, assurance, allusion, symbolism, oxymoron, rhyme, limerick, meter, hyperbole, simile and metaphor.
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75What Is a Metaphor
Metaphors compare two dissimilar ideas, concepts and objects in such a way that the reader or listener sees the connection between them and understands how they could relate to each other.
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72Literary Devices: Meanings and Examples
The English language comprises many literary devices that add richness and life to phrases and expressions. In our daily lives we encounter literary devices in poems, stories, newspapers, plays, songs, movies and even in our very own conversations....
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72Lesson Plan: Figurative Language. Simile, Metaphor, Personification, and Symbolism
You will see the words SAY, SEE, DO throughout this lesson plan. This is a part of a new teaching technique that relies on short cycles. In each of these short cycles, the instructor SAYS something, the...
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71A Few Rhetorical Devices in the "I Have a Dream" Speech
Metaphor- Ex. “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood” (paragraph 4, sentence 1). Martin Luther King Jr. uses a metaphor in his speech by comparing the way America needs...
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80Top Tips for Everyday Writing - Linguistic Devices
A great way to perk up your everyday writing and improve the impact of your words is to use linguistic devices. There is a whole range to explore and you can use as many or as few as you like in each piece depending on what you feel is appropriate. ...
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68Examples of Onomatopoeia Poetry
onomatopoeia is pronounced (on-o-mat-o-pe'-a) Function: noun 1 : the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) 2 : the use of words whose sound suggests the sense on-o-mato-poe-ic...
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81Simile and Metaphor
Discover how to use simile and metaphor and how it will create images or pictures in the minds of the readers.
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75It's Like Comparing Apples and Oranges: Debunking the Abused Analogy
An exposition on the absurdity of refuting an absurd analogy with an absurd analogy. A fact-filled, yet entertaining tongue-in-cheek attempt to disabuse the English language of a widespread fallacy.
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