TERMIDEVICE! DEFINITION EXAMPLE ‘ADD YOUR OWN TECHNIQUE Irony A davies that emphasizes the contrast between | A historical example of irony might be the fact the way things are expected fo be and the way _| that people in medieval Europe believed bathing they actually are. would harm them when in fact not bathing led to the unsanitary conditions that caused the ‘bubonic plague. iWetaphor "The comparison of one thing to another that | A metaphor from Shakespeare's Macbeth “Life does not use the terms "like" or “as.” Js but a walking shadow." ‘Gnomatopoeia The use of words in which the spoken sound resembles the actual sound. ‘Pop, hiss, oF boing, ‘Onomatopocia ‘Oxymoron The association of two terms that seem fo "same difference” or “wise fool” ‘Oxymoron contradict each other. Paradox ‘A statement that seems contradictory on the __| “All men destroy the things they love" from surface but often expresses a deeper truth. Oscar Wilde's “The Ballad of Reading Gaol.” Porsonification The use of human characteristics to describe animals, things, or ideas. Carl Sandburg’s poem “Chicago” describes the city as "Stormy, husky, brawling / City of the Big Shoulders." Pun ‘A play on words that uses the similarity in sound between two words with distinctly different meanings. The tilie of Oscar Wilde's play The importance of Being Eamest is a pun on the word eamest, ‘which means serious or sober, and the name “Emest” Repetition Repealing the words or phrases fo give them ‘emphasis. “With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the angling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together...” — Martin Luther King Rivetorical question ‘A question asked not to elicit an actual response but to make an impact or call attention to something, "Will this injustice never end? Simile ‘A comparison of two things through the use of _| "My Tove is like a red, red rose” the words like of as. Symbol ‘An object, character, figure, place, or color used | The two roads in Robert Frost's poem “The to represent an abstract idea or concept. Road Not Taken’ symbolize the choice between two paths in life.