Analyzing Sound Devices

in a text heard

Figure of Speech
Afigureof speechis a word or phrase
that has a meaning something different
than its literal meaning.
 PERSONIFICATION
Personificationis giving human
qualities to non-living things or ideas.
Examples are:
The flowers nodded
Snowflakes danced
Thunder grumbled
Fog crept in
The wind howled
 HYPERBOLE
Hyperboleuses exaggeration for
emphasis or effect. Examples are:
Ive told you a hundred times
It cost a billion dollars
I could do this forever
She is older than dirt
Everybody knows that
 ONOMATOPOEIA
Onomatopoeiais a word that sounds
like what it is describing. Examples
are:
Whoosh
Splat
Buzz
Click
Oink
 IRONY
Ironyis using words where the meaning is the
opposite of their usual meaning. Examples are:
After begging for a cat and finally getting one,
she found out she was allergic.
A traffic cop gets suspended for not paying his
parking tickets.
The Titanic was said to be unsinkable.
Dramatic irony is knowing the killer is hiding in
a closet in a scary movie.
Naming a Chihuahua Brutus
 ALLITERATION
Alliterationisthe repetition of
beginning sounds. Examples are:
Sally sells seashells.
Walter wondered where Winnie was.
Blue baby bonnets
Nick needed notebooks.
Fred fried frogs.
ASSONANCE

Assonance-