Shampoo
John Appleseed
11/21/13
English Prd. 3
SHAMPOO
Shampoo- simile, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, oxymoron
Time out
By Jana Ghossein
Help how much my heart hurts
My mouth is as dry as a desert
My throat is sore
My voice is a goner
My heart is beating as fast as a tiger
My hand is a rattling snake
My face is a tomato
Bye bye, boring life
I cannot take it no more
I lay my head
Upon my knee
Now blow the whistle referee
The poem, “Time Out,” by Jana Ghossein has several examples of figurative language as well as elements that are classified as SHAMPOO (simile, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia and oxymoron). One example is, “my mouth is as dry as a desert.” The narrator’s mouth is being compared to a desert using “as.” The next element of SHAMPOO used in the poem is a metaphor. The narrator, similarly to the previous example is comparing his hand to a rattling snake, however without using “like” or “as.” “My face is a tomato,” is the next example. This is a hyperbole because it is an exaggeration. His/her face is not as red as a tomato. The final example in the poem has several elements contained in it. “Bye bye boring life.” Not only is there alliteration from the b’s being used however, it shows an example of oxymoron. The words boring and life contradict each other; they are opposites so to speak. These are the elements of SHAMPOO and figurative language displayed in the poem, “Time Out,” by Jana Ghossein.
11/21/13
English Prd. 3
SHAMPOO
Shampoo- simile, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, oxymoron
Time out
By Jana Ghossein
Help how much my heart hurts
My mouth is as dry as a desert
My throat is sore
My voice is a goner
My heart is beating as fast as a tiger
My hand is a rattling snake
My face is a tomato
Bye bye, boring life
I cannot take it no more
I lay my head
Upon my knee
Now blow the whistle referee
The poem, “Time Out,” by Jana Ghossein has several examples of figurative language as well as elements that are classified as SHAMPOO (simile, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia and oxymoron). One example is, “my mouth is as dry as a desert.” The narrator’s mouth is being compared to a desert using “as.” The next element of SHAMPOO used in the poem is a metaphor. The narrator, similarly to the previous example is comparing his hand to a rattling snake, however without using “like” or “as.” “My face is a tomato,” is the next example. This is a hyperbole because it is an exaggeration. His/her face is not as red as a tomato. The final example in the poem has several elements contained in it. “Bye bye boring life.” Not only is there alliteration from the b’s being used however, it shows an example of oxymoron. The words boring and life contradict each other; they are opposites so to speak. These are the elements of SHAMPOO and figurative language displayed in the poem, “Time Out,” by Jana Ghossein.