Style Examples
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politicalgal525 on October 2, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Simile | She swam like a fish. |
| Metaphor | Joe is a lion on the playing field. |
| Personification | The wind bit at Caren's cheeks. |
| Pun | She got the best grade on her project in her grade. |
| Idiom | On The Same Page. |
| Cliché | Live and learn. |
| Euphemism | Landfill |
| Alliteration | Malicious Monday |
| Hyperbole | I could sleep for a year. |
| Allusion | I am no Prince Hamlet. |
| Dialogue | Jim, man, you're not making any sense," Blair said. "I can't understand what you're talking about." |
| Dialect | Ahwnt Ida is on the telephone. |
| Inference | The baby was asleep upstairs in his bed. Suddenly, I heard a loud, "THUMP!" and he began crying hysterically. I ran upstairs because I inferred that he fell out of bed. |
| Motif | The THREE Little Pigs. |
| Symbol | RAIN-Depending upon its level of intensity, rain may either serve as life-giving or life-destroying. It is revitalizing, fertilizing, and heavenly, and often marks acts of purification. |
| Emblem | The American Flag |
| Verbal Irony | "Oh Great" |
| Situational Irony | A robber's car is stolen while coming out from robbing the bank. |
| Dramatic Irony | Macbeth plans the murder of Duncan while feigning loyalty. Duncan does not know of Macbeth's plans but the audience does. |
| Imagery | Though I was on the sheer face of a mountain, the feeling of swinging through the air was euphoric, almost like flying without wings. |
| Flashback | The Titanic |
| Foreshadowing | "Does this safari guarantee I come back alive?" "We guarantee nothing!" |
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