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Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 10:13pm On Jan 11, 2015

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

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Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 10:08pm On Jan 11, 2015

Buqqui:
Her embrace is haven to me. : Metaphor

Nice!

Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 10:08pm On Jan 11, 2015

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

Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 10:03pm On Jan 11, 2015

Anybody got one?

Simile:

Metaphor:

Personification:

Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 10:02pm On Jan 11, 2015

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

Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:59pm On Jan 11, 2015

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. kiss

Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:56pm On Jan 11, 2015

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:

Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:54pm On Jan 11, 2015

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

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Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:51pm On Jan 11, 2015

Personification is giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to inanimate (not living) objects.
Example: The house stared at me with looming eyes. The verb, stared, is a human action. A house is a non-living object. Therefore, we have a good example of personification.

Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:36pm On Jan 11, 2015

Consonance
Also known as near rhyme, off rhyme, or slant rhyme,

consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the end of words. Using consonance is a sophisticated poetic technique that can create subtle yet beautiful lyrics or lines of poetry. Here is an example of consonance:

Her finger hungered for a ring.
The satin mittens were ancient.
You could paddle through the spittle in the bottle.

Though the first of the above examples is also an example of personification, we are interested in the repetition of the “nger” and “ng” sounds. If nobody is around you right now, say out loud, “hungry and angry.” Notice how similar the words sound? What you are hearing is consonance, or the repetition of the “ngry” consonant sounds.

Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:31pm On Jan 11, 2015

Alliteration is not always so jarringly obvious. Sometimes it is very subtle, such as in the following example:

He cleaned the kitchen.

Though this example is still pretty obvious, it shows that even when one word starts with a “k” and another word starts with a “c,” it is still considered an instance of alliteration. When we study alliteration, we are concerned with the sounds of the words, not just the letters.

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Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:26pm On Jan 11, 2015

Poetic devices are often lumped together with figurative language techniques (simile, metaphor, personification, understatement). We will do a quick review of poetic devices. Then we will go right into figurative language.

Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:25pm On Jan 11, 2015

Ok here we go guys. Welcome to class!

Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:20pm On Jan 11, 2015

Buggui has graciously agreed to help me out. I so appreciate him. We will be starting in a moment. Please stand by. Thanks.

Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:18pm On Jan 11, 2015

Ok guys. Everest is unavailable tonight. Unfortunately there is no power in his area. angry

Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:09pm On Jan 11, 2015

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Poems For Review › Re: Poetry Classes For Beginners - NPC (Signup Thread) by texanomaly(f): 9:07pm On Jan 11, 2015

Hello everyone, or maybe I should say "anybody".

Poems For Review › Re: Random Ramblings From The Mind Of Tex by texanomaly(op): 9:01pm On Jan 11, 2015

Kentrasso:
It describes my feelings for someone.
Don't worry I'll give the credit to you. Am not claiming it as mine

Sure. Good luck.

Poems For Review › Re: Random Ramblings From The Mind Of Tex by texanomaly(op): 8:41pm On Jan 11, 2015

Kentrasso:
Permission to borrow this piece!

What for?

Forum Games › Re: ~<<The Last Person To Post In This Thread Wins>>~ by texanomaly(f): 8:34pm On Jan 11, 2015

Your turn tmanis.

Forum Games › Re: ~<<The Last Person To Post In This Thread Wins>>~ by texanomaly(f): 8:33pm On Jan 11, 2015

akinsadeez:
Still can't make head or tail of the riddle.

Tex, what is it even all about Really head scratching

tmanis:
1.?
2. top secret
3. trip around the world

The first one is:

I understand.

Forum Games › Re: ~<<The Last Person To Post In This Thread Wins>>~ by texanomaly(f): 11:32am On Jan 11, 2015

FriedPlantain:
where is the riddle

By the way, happy new year. missed ya

Happy new year to you too.

Here...

Family › Re: Alarming Baby Care Lesson From Grandma by texanomaly(f): 2:04am On Jan 11, 2015

maclatunji:
I don't agree that this is female genital mutilation from the story, it seems more like burning.

Oh...well that's different. Of course Grandma is right. What was I thinking. It's only burning... undecided

I hope you caught my sarcasm maclatunji!!

maclatunji:
Of course not, but grandma will swear it is best for the child. You can't correct something effectively if you don't appreciate the thinking behind it in the minds of those who practise it.

Knowing that grandma believes it's the right thing to do doesn't change the fact that she tortured a baby. It dosen't change the fact that the child's private parts have been mutilated. (Oh pardon me...they were "just" burned) It doesn't change the fact that the child will grow into a woman who has had a God given gift taken from her. It won't change the fact that she will enjoy sex less than she would otherwise.

Knowing grandma thinks she is doing the right thing does not change the fact that if she doesn't enjoy sex as much her husband will not either. As a matter of fact it may give him more cause to seek a fulfilling sex life elsewhere.

Hopefully this disgusting ritual will die with Grandma!

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Forum Games › Re: ~<<The Last Person To Post In This Thread Wins>>~ by texanomaly(f): 12:14am On Jan 11, 2015

Can no one solve the riddles?

Family › Re: Alarming Baby Care Lesson From Grandma by texanomaly(f): 11:49pm On Jan 10, 2015

maclatunji:
Tell that to grandma.

Don't get me started! Do you actually agree with this practice Mac?

Forum Games › Re: ~<<The Last Person To Post In This Thread Wins>>~ by texanomaly(f): 4:11pm On Jan 10, 2015

dre11:
^^^

Happy to see you

Where is tovot again

Hopefully she'll be along.

Family › Re: Alarming Baby Care Lesson From Grandma by texanomaly(f): 4:09pm On Jan 10, 2015

maclatunji:
People hold on to many things in the name of culture and tradition.

Some traditions aren't worth upholding.

Romance › Re: What Intimidates You In An Opposite Sex? by texanomaly(f): 3:18pm On Jan 10, 2015

SeverusSnape:
I AIN'T... INTELLIGENT [s]LADIES ARE RARE LIKE DIAMONDS; I'M YET TO SEE A LADY THAT I CAN SIT DOWN WITH AND DISCUSS ABOUT HAPPENINGS IN THE NEWS, HISTORICAL STUFFS AND SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. MOST OF THEM ARE JUST INTERESTED IN CELEBRITIES, GOSSIPS AND ROMANCE. JUST LOOK AT THE ROMANCE AND CELEBRITIES SECTION, YOU SELDOM SEE THEM IN POLITICS SECTION[/s].

Forum Games › Re: ~<<The Last Person To Post In This Thread Wins>>~ by texanomaly(f): 2:53pm On Jan 10, 2015

On the first; one think mathematically.

The second; think top and bottom.

The third; read the word going around.

grin

good luck.

Family › Re: Did My Husband Marry Another Woman? by texanomaly(f): 2:48pm On Jan 10, 2015

profGinger:
Some pple re just adding up to murder this relationship.

What relationship? The guy is a fraudster. There is no relationship. If he considered it a relationship, he would not now be married to two women. He used the op to get a green card. It is clear. Why would she stay with such a man? The better question is; why would she stay with a man who is so obviously using her.

He is married to another woman. Who knows what he is capable of? He has no boundaries. Next he'll be bringing home STDs. It's obvious he can't be faithful.

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Family › Re: Alarming Baby Care Lesson From Grandma by texanomaly(f): 1:30pm On Jan 10, 2015

How could this mother allow this to happen to her child?

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Family › Re: Did My Husband Marry Another Woman? by texanomaly(f): 1:16pm On Jan 10, 2015

smartigo:

I don't think this is fair and right to the father of her child. She will only become a depository for hatred. Lady, learn to forgive.

Findingtruth,you have d option to divorce him, sue him or stay and make him responsible for your unborn child. The choice is yours.

In life, when faced with worse situations, rash decisions are inimical in the long run. God give u the wisdom.

Are you serious huh

Is that you Esther, or some other family member of the husband?

Op you need to get yourself away from this man before he kills you. He obviously will do anything to stay in America. He can not be trusted. He has proven this beyond a shadow of a doubt. Protect yourself and your child before it's too late. This man has no scruples what so ever, and neither do his people.

freecocoa:
What are you talking about? So you'd be comfortable to allow someone as evil as this man raise your child? What do you think he would instill in that child?

Thank you. My thoughts exactly.

sawyersam:
@op. First I think you need to move out of that house before he harms you seeing u already know the truth. After having your baby, get a lawyer to file a divorce for you. HE IS WICKED!!!!

Please don't wait to get a lawyer. Find one now. Don't continue to put yourself and your child in danger. When he realizes you are no longer falling for his lies, he will become desperate. You obviously don't know what lengths he and his family are willing to go.

I hope you took screen shots of the Facebook page, because those pix will be gone next time you look.

Please don't judge all of Nigeria by this man. This kind of thing happens a lot, but not all Nigerians are wicked like this. They are a good people, this man does not represent all of Nigeria. Don't let that taint you against all Nigerians please.

I am from Texas. I'm sending you a PM. Please if I can help you in some way, I'm here. I did not get to the marrying stage, but I know where you are coming from.

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