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Use this template to learn the figurative language and think about examples for figures of speech so you can better understand each of them.
Find figures of speech in your favorite novels and poems.
How do you explain your choice?
Example:
- Almost all the words in the sentence begin with 'th'.
figura retorica in cui una parte di qualcosa viene utilizzata per rappresentare il tutto o il contrario o viceversa.
How do you explain your choice?
Type in the explanation. Example:
- The lagoon is being compared with a mountain lake using the word 'as'.
figura retorica che stabilisce una relazione diretta di somiglianza o confronto tra due elementi diversi, utilizzando parole come "come" o "come se"
Simile is a figure of speech that compares two objects through some connective word such as 'like', 'as', 'so', 'than', or a verb such as 'resembles'.
What simile did you find in the novel/poem? Type it in.
Example:
- 'Within the irregular arc of coral the lagoon was still as a mountain lake.'
How do you explain your choice?
Type in the explanation.
Example:
- It is an exaggeration to claim that everything ('all we see or seem') is 'but a dream'.
figura retorica in cuisi esagera deliberatamente per enfatizzare un concetto, rendendolo più impressionante o sorprendente
The hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses exaggerations to create emphasis or effect.
What hyperbole did you find in the novel/poem? Type it in.
Example:
- 'All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream.'
How do you explain your choice?
Example:
'Moan' and 'murmuring' refer to the way doves and bees sound like.
figura retorica in cui una parola imita o riproduce il suono naturale di ciò che rappresenta, creando un effetto di suono nel testo.
Onomatopoeia is the figure of speech that uses words whose sounds suggest their meanings. Think of words related to water, air, collisions, sounds, voice, etc.
What is the onomatopoeia that you found in the novel/poem? Type it in.
Example:
'The moan of doves in immemorial elms,
And murmuring of innumerable bees...'.
How do you explain your choice?
Example:
The rain is compared with 'long knitting needles', without the use of 'like' or 'as'.
figura retorica che stabilisce una relazione implicita tra due elementi diversi, attribuendo caratteristiche di uno all'altro per creare un'immagine più vivida o un significato più profondo
Metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.
What is the metaphor that you found in the novel/poem? Type it in.
Example:
'The rain came down in long knitting needles.'
How do you explain your choice?
Type in the explanation.
Example:
The brain is given the attribute of being 'unhappy'.
figura retorica in cui si attribuiscono qualità umane a oggetti inanimati , animali o concetti astratti dando loro vita e personalità
Personification is a figure of speech which gives human qualities to nonhuman things.
Type in the personification you found in the novel/poem.
Example:
'- Not to-night, good Iago: I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking.'
