speech

Question 1

All kinds of Speech

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Allusion, Analogy, Apostrophe, Imagery, Metaphor, Metonymy, Personification, Simile, Symbol, Trope

Question 2

Definition of Allusion

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An indirect reference to something implied but not stated. The writer refers to something the reader will presumably recognize-a historical or fictional character, a specific place, a particular event or series of events, a religious or mythological story, a literary or artist work. Allusion is a compact between writer and reader, a means of summoning a shared word or tradition, a way of packing a work with meaning

Question 3

the example of Allusion

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“When there is poetry
It is Orpheus singing”

Question 4

Definition of Analogy

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A resemblance between two different things, frequently expressed as a simile. The reader participates in the making of an analogy by probing the resemblance and its implications

Question 5

Example of Analogy

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“poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking”

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Definition of Apostrophe

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The poem turns away from the audience to address a God or gods, the muse, a dead or absent person, a nature object, a thing, an imaginary quality or concept.

Question 7

Example of Apostrophe

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“O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being”

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Definition of Imagery

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Relates to the visual content of language. It speaks to our capacity to embody meaning through words. Imagery can work on both literal and figurative levels

Question 9

Example of imagery

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” All over bouquets of roses, O death, I cover you over with roses and early lilies. “

Question 10

The definition of Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which one thing is described in terms of another. Metaphor works by a process of interaction. Meaning emerges as a collaborative process between writer and reader

Question 11

Example of Metaphor

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“life is but a walking shadow”

Question 12

Definition of Metonymy

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A figure of speech that replaces or substitutes the name of one thing with something else closely associated with it.

Question 13

Example of Metonymy

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The pen is mightier than the sword

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Definition of Personification

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The attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects, animals or ideas

Question 15

Example of Personification

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With how sad steps to Moon, thou climb’st the skies

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Definition of Simile

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The explicit comparison of one thing to another, using the word as or like. Similes function as analogies, whereas metaphors assert new identities

Question 17

Example of Simile

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My love is like a red rose
My love is like the melody

Question 18

Definition of Symbol

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Broadly speaking, a symbol is anything that signifies or stands for something else. In poetry, symbols are textured entities. We bring to our reading of a poem all the symbolic connotations and meanings available to us, but the symbol should first be understood in terms of how it works as a device within a poem itself. How a thing can be both itself and something else is one of the great mysteries of poetry. In poetry, a symbol offers a surplus of resonance and significance.

Question 19

example of Symbol

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The rainbow comes and goes, and lovely is the rose

Question 20

Definition of trope

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A way of extending the meaning of words beyond the literal. Examples of tropes include metaphor and simile