Leaves and Foxes: Using Hyperbole and Paradox in Poetry.

DePoy, Phillip

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ERIC Number: EJ542438

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Leaves and Foxes: Using Hyperbole and Paradox in Poetry.

DePoy, Phillip

Teachers & Writers, v28 n4 p9-11 Mar-Apr 1997

Presents a three-part exercise that deals with poetic excess: heightened exaggeration of deliberately conflicting ideas. States that part 1 deals with hyperbole, part 2 with paradox, and part 3 with combining hyperbole and paradox in a single poem. Gives examples of students' poems using the technique. (PA)

Descriptors: Figurative Language, Higher Education, Paradox, Poetry, Secondary Education, Student Writing Models, Writing Exercises, Writing Strategies

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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