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Find out examples from the poem.

Antithesis

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"It was very small, five months child,
Lost in the tall grass running wild."

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Chapter 2.1: Cherry Tree - Brainstorming [Page 68]

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Chapter 2.1 Cherry Tree
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He sipped with his straight mouth,
Softly drank through his straight gums, into his slack long body,
Silently.

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Figure Definition
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Antithesis : _____________________.


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  1. world - ____________
  2. actors - ____________
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  4. school boy - ____________
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  6. spotted leopard - ____________
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Alliteration


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Transferred Epithet


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____________ but still we keep a bower quiet for us____________ .


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Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon.


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I stand and look at them long and long.


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They do not sweat and whine about their condition.


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They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.


Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.

Not one is demented with the mania of owning things.


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They bring me tokens of myself.


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Antithesis

  1. ________________
  2. ________________

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Alliteration

  1. ________________
  2. ________________

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Bestow this jewel also on my creature-METAPHOR because ______________________.


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Figures of Speech Lines
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___________________________
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Alliteration


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Death! Where is thy sting?
O, Caveman! I wish I could live with you.

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  2. Dear God, Please ______
  3. Books! You are ______
  4. Exams! I wish ______
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Alliteration is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of words in a phrase, sentence, etc. such as ‘That life is lived it's very best.’

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Pun


Identify the Figures of speech used from those given in the bracket.

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Identify the Figures of speech used from those given in the bracket.

(Simile/ Repetition/ Antithesis/ Personification/ Metaphor/ Alliteration/ Apostrophe)

“And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise”


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Personification


Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.

I shall come over in just a ____________


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Inversion


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Interrogation


Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.

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Apostrophe


The Figure of Speech ‘Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.

the grief in his heart

  1. ____________
  2. ____________

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Exclamation


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