16. Rhyme
example
A Student's Prayer
by Anonymous
Now I lay me down to rest.
I pray I pass tomorrow's test.
If I should die before I wake,
that's one less test I'll have to take.
19. Alliteration
If Ma could put her arm across my shoulder
sometime,
or stroke back my hair
or sing me to sleep, making the soft sounds,
the reassuring noises,
that no matter how brittle and sharp life
seemed,
no matter how brittle and sharp she seemed,
she was still my ma who loved me…
From Out of the Dust (p. 148, “Motherless”)
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25. Hyperbole
example
Why does a boy who’s fast as
a jet
Take all day—and sometimes
two—
To get to school?
By: John Ciardi (from “Speed
Adjustments”)
26.
27. Idiom
A phrase or expression that means
something different from what the words
actually say. (Usually only understandable to a
particular group of people.)
Examples:
•Raining cats and dogs
•Teach an old dog new tricks
•Skating on thin ice
•A day late and a dollar short
•Air your dirty laundry in public
28. Idiom
A phrase or expression that means
something different from what the words
actually say. (Usually only understandable to a
particular group of people.)
Examples:
•Raining cats and dogs
•Teach an old dog new tricks
•Skating on thin ice
•A day late and a dollar short
•Air your dirty laundry in public
29.
30. Onomatopoeia
Use of a word
that is an actual
imitation of the
sound it is
referring to