Literary and Rhetorical Techniques

1. Line 2- Symbolism-the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character-I used symbolism in this line to show how calm it is when I wake and express the comfortable happy feeling of laying in your bed. I also like comparing it to dew because that is the first thing I usually see in the morning and it is so pretty and calm just hanging on the windows.

2. Line 4-Diction-style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words-I used the word hullabaloo because it means, Disturbance usually in protest. It gives the effect of how much of a pain waking is.

3. Line 5- Metaphor-a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance-I stated my life as being a dream which gives off the idea of how I wish could stay home in stead of going to school because of how comfortable and happy my own home makes me.

4. Line 6-Simile-a figure of speech that expresses the resemblance of one thing to another of a different category, usually introduced by as or like- I used a simile to compare my hair in the morning to a lion because it is always crazy, sticking up in all different directions.

5. Line 7-Imagery-the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things,or of such images collectively- I used imagery to make the reader be able to themselves smell the roses from showering the night before and the smell of the shampoo.

6. Line 9- Paradox-a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth- I used this paradox to explain the fact that I cannot think or really start my day without my coffee. I also think the contradicting itself helps to represent kind of what goes on in my head without my coffee.

7. Line 16-Allusion- an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, orthing or to a part of another text- I used an allusion to compare my bed to the Garden of Eden. The Garden of Eden is a place I assume most people know of. It was a place of no sin which to me represents my lovely bed where everything is perfect and nothing can go wrong.