Figures

In this video lesson, Ms. LaMagra will be discussing juxtaposition, which is the act or placement of two things near each other.

In this video lesson, Ms. LaMagra will be discussing proverbs, which are a short pithy saying in frequent and widespread use that expresses a basic truth or practical precept.

A sentence or figure of speech in which an animal, inanimate object or abstract concept is given human qualities or said to perform human like actions or possess human like emotions.

In this video lesson, Ms. LaMagra will be discussing acrostics. Acrostics are a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.

In this video lesson, Ms. LaMagra will be discussing cliches which are an expression or idea.

A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object.

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Noun: A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Verb: Make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word.

The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.