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Simile Example: His Feet are as big as boats |
Is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two unlike objects. |
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Metaphor Example: His jump shot is money |
States that one thing is something else. It is a comparison but does NOT use like or as to make the comparison. |
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Personification Example: The house stared at me with looming eyes. |
Is giving human qualities, feelings, or characteristics to inanimate. |
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Alliteration Example: She sells seashells by the sea shore |
Is the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. |
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Onomatopoeia Example: Zzzzzzzzz |
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Symbolism Example: Pink represents breast cancer awareness. |
Occurs when one thing stands for or represents something else.
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Hyperbole Example: It's raining cats and dogs. |
Is intentionally exaggerated figures of speech. |
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Imagery Example: Hear, taste, touch, smell and see. |
Involves one or more of your five senses - the abilities to hear, taste, touch, smell and see. An author uses a word or phrase to stimulate your memory of those senses and to help create mental pictures. |
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Idioms Example: Hold your horses. |
An expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words. They are overused expressions. |
