Thursday, January 14, 2010

Examples of Poetry Terms

Examples:

Anthropomorphism- Sponge Bob Cooking a Krabby Patty.

Apostrophe- An elderly woman talking to her deceased husband who has past away.

Irony- A vegetarian eating meat

Metonymy- The pot boiling but the pot itself is not boiling but the water inside is boiling.

Paradox- The coach is cheering on the player and he misses because the coach was cheering.

Personification- The willow tree dancing in the wind.

Synecdoche- Poland won the rugby game. The whole country didn't win, the team won.

Tautology- The elderly woman was talking to her deceased husband who has past away.

Understatement- a guy who is really rich says $1000 is a few bucks.

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