Friday, June 1, 2012

Rhythm, Rhyme, Meter

Rhythm: Movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.

Example: The beat going on the same time or same tone.


Rhyme: Identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.


Example: to say the same sound but different word example " Cat in the Hat."

Metor: the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.

Example: like a miles perhour meter for a cars speed.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Onomatopoeia

onomatopoeia: onomatopoeia in language, the representation of a sound by an imitation thereof; e.g., the cat mews.  Poets often convey the meaning of a verse through its very sound. For example, in "Song of the Lotus-Eaters" Tennyson indicates the slow, sensuous, and langorous life of the Lotus-Eaters by the sound of the words he uses to describe the land in which they live

Example: In a comic book there a lot of  "boom ,pow"

Personification

Personification: The attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.

Example The phone is dumb.

Imagery

Imagery: The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.

Example: I slide across the floor like a boling ball.

Simile

Simile A two unliking comparisons using "Like or As".

Example: A bird is as big as a building.


Friday, May 18, 2012

Repetition

Repetition: A formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.

Tone

Tone: Any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones.