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Figure of Speech
DEFINITION: a word or phrase used in a nonliteral sense to add rhetorical force to a spoken or written passage. HOW TO: Examples of Figures of speech are: Alliteration Assonance Anaphora Hyperbole Irony Metaphor Oxymoron Personification Similes Onomatopoeia Synecdoche Understatements Everyday Use: Figures of speech can be found in every day conversations, books, movies and songs.
Point of View
the position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrator's outlook from which the events are depicted and by the attitude toward the characters. HOW TO: Here are examples of the 3 major kinds of Point Of View 1. First person point of view involves the use of either of the two pronouns “I” and “we”. “I fell because I did not tie my shoe.” 2. Second person point of view employs the pronoun “you”. “You should try Papa John’s Pizza.” 3. Third person point of view uses pronouns like “he”, “she”, “it”, “they” or a name. “Coach Nisbett is the best psychology teacher ever.” Everyday Use: Point of View is used every day in the stories we tell, books we read and in movies and TV.