ENGLISH 10 REVIEWER Alliteration and Parts Of Speech, Creator Of Desiderata

Creator of The Poem ‘‘Desiderata’’

Max Ehrmann

Birth And Death Date of Max Ehrmann

Born: September 26, 1872, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Died: September 9, 1945 (age 72 years), Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

is when vowel sounds are repeated, usually two or more times in short succession.

Assonance

is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same way as assonance.

Consonance

is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

Alliteration

Words that are used to represent particular sounds.

ONOMATOPOEIA

word or phrase that makes a comparison between seemingly unlike things.
(Ex. He collapsed onto the grass life a half-empty flour sack)

Figure Of Speech

Figures of Speech (13)

1. Simile

2. Metaphor

3. Personification

4. Apostrophe

5. Hyperbole

6. Euphemism

7. Antithesis

8. Oxymoron

9. Epigram

10. Irony

11. Pun

12. Metonymy

13. Synecodoche

comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.

Simile

comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes the other
(DOES NOT USE LIKE OR AS

Metaphor

Gives human qualities to something that is not human — an animal, an object, or an idea

Personification

is used to address someone who is absent or already dead.

Apostrophe

used to make something look and sound a lot better than it actually is.

Hyperbole

It is the art of communicating something in a less annoying and much lighter tone or in an indirect manner.

Euphemism

used to portray the stark difference between the two opposing ideas.

Antithesis

uses two opposite or contradictory terms one after the other in order to project an effect.

Oxymoron

a short poem or phrase that expresses an idea in a clever or humorous way.

Epigram

used to express an intended meaning by using language that conveys the opposite meaning when taken literally.

Irony

Equals Fun, includes a play of words that have more than one meaning or those that sound alike.

Pun

is formed by the use of a term (the name of an object or an idea) to substitute another term that is closely related to the thing or idea.

makes use of a term that refers to a part of something to substitute for the whole thing.

Synecdoche