[b]Repetition is when the writer or speaker knowingly repeats a word or group of words for effect. This is a strong rhetorical technique that can also be used to build a theme in a speech or poem. It is important to note that it is not considered using repetition when a writer or speaker repeats essential articles, prepositions, pronouns, or conjunctions that are frequently used unintentionally as the mechanics of language dictate.

Nobody, oh nobody can make it out here alone.
Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
Love is a red, red rose.

In the first example, only one word in the sentence is repeating: nobody. Nonetheless, this is still considered repetition. A poet, writer, or speaker may also repeat more than one word to have a greater impact or to highlight the importance of an idea, such as in the second example. In the second example a whole group of words repeats: Free at last. Each method of repetition can effectively embolden a message.[/b]

Here's a little test:

Directions:
1. Highlight the objects being compared or the object being personified in each sentence.
2. Then, choose the answer that correctly identifies the figurative language used in the sentence.

1. His life was an open book.
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification

2. “My love is like a red, red rose . . . “ (Robert Burns)
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification

3. The dry leaves gathered in groups, chattering happily.
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification

4. “I wandered lonely as a cloud . . .” (William Wordsworth)
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification


5. The train pulled itself up the mountain and screamed once it reached the top.
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification

6. The blank page stared up at me, daring me to sit down and write something.
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification


7. The herd of approaching elephants sounded like rolling thunder
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification

8. Her temper was as explosive as a bomb.
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification

9. Your smile is sunshine to me.
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification

10. Mom! The T.V. begged me to watch it!
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification

Or...

Create your own (Make sure there is a clear comparison. Adding detail after the example can help prove the comparison. Example: He is a pig, because he never cleans his room!)

Or find them in poems you know.


Simile:

Metaphor:

Personification:

I want thank Buggui for saving my behind. I had an emergency right in the middle of class. He stepped up and took over.

Buggui=Superhero!!

My hero anyway.

I hope those who were here and those who drop in later do the homework.


Hope you are all having fun with words. Thanks for attending.

Tex & Buggui

Anybody got one?

Simile:

Metaphor:

Personification:

#whew
That was really cool.
Teaching sweet ooo
#chai.
#takes a bow#

texanomaly:
Anybody got one?

Simile:

Metaphor:

Personification:

Her embrace is haven to me. : Metaphor

Simple similes


As bold as brass

As boring as watching paint dry

As busy as a bee

As cheap as dirt

As clean as a whistle

As clear as mud

As clear as crystal

As cold as ice

As cool as a cu

Buqqui:


Her embrace is haven to me. : Metaphor

Nice!

Personification:



The Sun Just Had a Nasty Day

The sun just had a nasty day,
refused to smile or shine.
It stayed behind the dark gray clouds,
a mottled, grim design.
But shortly after dinner time
one ray poked though the gray,
a spark of golden yellow warmth
reminding us of day.

If you want to please us, Sun,
(don't take this as a warning)
if you're going to pierce the clouds,
please do it in the morning.

by Denise Rodgers
Copyright© Denise Rodgers

Buqqui:
#whew
That was really cool.
Teaching sweet ooo
#chai.
#takes a bow#

Thanks partner. Great job!

Great class.
For the test.

1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Personification
4. Simile
5. Personification
6. Personification
7. Simile
8. Simile
9. Metaphor
10. Personification

By the way, I'm here as a student

Kentrasso:
Great class.
For the test.

1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Personification
4. Simile
5. Personification
6. Personification
7. Simile
8. Simile
9. Metaphor
10. Personification

By the way, I'm here as a student

Test: Seeing the colour 9...

firestar:
Test: Seeing the colour 9...

Placing me on cloud nine,
With some much adrenaline
Making me feel like Dr Ninestein
In the midst of my concubine.
Together we shine,
Like suns entwine,
Shining to outshine
All who whine,
In the midst of the divine.

* I bet having Nine lives can be perceive as divine *

firestar:
Test: Seeing the colour 9...

?

Watching the sunrise
Irises of every hue
Be it brown or blue