Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Examples of Poetic Terms

Anthropomorphism- "Mickey Mouse"
Apostrophe- "Books by Shakespeare"
Irony- "Dying on your birthday."
Metaphor- "The river is a highway for the salmon swimming upstream."
Paradox- "The policeman robbed a bank."
Personification- "Her hair danced in the wind."
Simile- "Her cookies were hard as rocks."
Synecdoche- "My crib (home)."
Tautology- "Her hands were dry and rough."
Understatement- "Being President is only a semi-stressful job."

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