poetic device (3rd quarter nat)

Man proposes, God disposes.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. .

a word or phrase used in place of a term that might be considered too direct, harsh, unpleasant, or offensive.

Examples of euphemism

1.garbage man sanitation engineer

2. old people senior citizen

3. pregnant in the family way

4. die pass away

5. the dead the deceased /the late

6. burier undertaker / mortician

7. lunatic asylums mental institutions

A statement that is self-contradictory on the surface, yet seems to evoke a truth nonetheless

A statement which seems to be a contradiction but reveals the truth.

repetition for effect: the use of the same word or phrase at the beginning of several successive clauses, sentences, lines, or verses, usually for emphasis or rhetorical effect.

"She didn't speak. She didn't stand. She didn't even look up when we came in" is an example of anaphora.

- repetition of VOWEL SOUNDS at the BEGINNING, MIDDLE or END of at least two words in a line of poetry.

Examples of Assonance

Repeating the “eh” sound in the words: “crescent,” “flesh,” “extending,” “medicine” and “death”

- repetition of CONSONANT SOUNDS at the BEGINNING of at least two words in a line of poetry. Example of alliteration:

Examples of Alliteration “the frog frolicked frivolously on the

forest floor.” “…Little skinny shoulder blades Sticking

through your clothes…” “…struck out by a steed flying fearless

and fleet…”

(on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh)

An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the it represents.

The chiming of the bells…The boom of the explosion…

sound

the use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound made by an object or action. Words that sound like what they mean.

pow

hiss

tweet, tweetzoom

buzz

words or phrases in which contradictory or opposite

terms are used together

jumbo shrimp

act naturally

adult childclimb down