SRG -NOVEMBER-08-WORKSHEETS-APPENDIX

Appendix-II


What is poetry?”

“What other forms of expression is poetry similar to?”

Appendix-III

WORKSHEET

Simile
figure of speech involving a comparison between two unlike entities. In the simile, unlike the metaphor, the resemblance is explicitly indicated by the words “like” or “as.” The common heritage of similes in everyday speech usually reflects simple comparisons based on the natural world or familiar domestic objects, as in “He eats like a bird,” “He is as smart as a whip,” or “He is as slow as molasses.” In some cases the original aptness of the comparison is lost, as in the expression “dead as a doornail.”
Metaphor
A metaphor is a phrase comparing two things without using "like" or "as."
Ex. Mimi is a butterfly: free, loose, and beautiful!
The example is saying (without saying "Mimi is like a butterfly") that Mimi is free, loose and beautiful, JUST LIKE A BUTTERFLY.
Irony
Irony is a literary device that presents a conflict between appearance and reality; may be intentional or unintentional on the part of a character, but always intentional on the part of the author.
Romeo and Juliet has a classic example of dramatic irony... The audience knows that Juliet only drank a sleeping potion and is not dead. This knowledge makes Romeo's suicide over the sleeping Juliet all the more bitter.
Symbolism
Symbol - sign representing something that has an independent existence. The most important use of symbols is in language. To say so, however, does not solve the perennial philosophical questions as to the nature of the linguistic sign. Signs are usually iconic, or related to what they signify, whereas linguistic signs are generally arbitrary.
Hyperbole.
Hyperbole is exaggeration. It puts a picture into the "reader" mind. Hyperbole is frequently used in humorous writing.
Example: You could have knocked me over with a feather.
Personification
Figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal, or inanimate object. An example is “The Moon doth with delight / Look round her when the heavens are bare” (William Wordsworth, “Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood,” 1807). Another is “Death lays his icy hand on kings” (James Shirley, “The Glories of Our Blood and State,” 1659).