P.6-Onomatopoeia-
-Alliteration-
-Oxymoron-
-Allusion-
By: Emily Caddel,
Colby Stanley

ONOMATOPOEIA

• Sound effects written in words.
• The lion goes "roar!"
• Roar is the sound a lion makes but written.

ALLITERATION

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
• The polite penguins passed peacefully.
• Polite, penguins, passed and peacefully all start with the letter P.

OXYMORON

• Conjoining contradictory terms.
• The pig was very neat and tidy.
• Pigs are known for being dirty but we're explained as neat and tidy.

ALLUSION

• A figure of speech that refers to a well-known story,event,person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers mind.
• He was a real stallion with the ladies.
• Comparing a boy to a stallion is an allusion.