Homework Help: Gifted+Talented English-(Figurative Speech Poetry)

Posted by Brenna on Monday, December 1, 2008 at 4:33pm.

Our assignment is to write a poem on each of the types of figurative speech.

simile
metaphor
synecdoche
metonymy
personification
apostrophe
hyperbole
understatement
irony
paradox

I have completed every one of them except understatement and paradox. I understand what they are. I just can't seem to figure out how to incorporate them into a poem. Can you help give me some ideas?

Thanks so much!
Brenna

Gifted+Talented English-(Figurative Speech Poetry) - Ms. Sue, Monday, December 1, 2008 at 4:42pm
An understatement states that something is less than it really is.

Examples:
When I went outside without a coat in 10-degree weather, I felt a little chilly.

Albert Einstein was kind of smart.

Paradox:

"A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/paradox
- Gifted+Talented English-(Figurative Speech Poetry) - Brenna, Monday, December 1, 2008 at 4:49pm
  Thanks so much! :)
Gifted+Talented English-(Figurative Speech Poetry) - SraJMcGin, Monday, December 1, 2008 at 4:44pm
Here's a GOOGLE Search where you might find something:

http://www.google.com/search?q=understatement+%26+paradox+in+a+poem&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Sra
- Gifted+Talented English-(Figurative Speech Poetry) - Brenna, Monday, December 1, 2008 at 4:48pm
  Thanks so much! :)
Gifted+Talented English-(Figurative Speech Poetry) - Anonymous, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 6:55pm
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