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Part 1 . Simile. Comparing two unlike things using the word like, as, seems or as You are as brave as a lion. Santa’s belly was like a bowl full of jelly. SIMILE. Metaphor. Comparing two unlike things without using the words like, as, seems, or than. Your head is full of rocks.
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Simile • Comparing two unlike things using the word like, as, seems or as • You are as brave as a lion. • Santa’s belly waslikea bowl full of jelly.
Metaphor • Comparing two unlike things without using the words like, as, seems, or than. • Your head isfull of rocks. • You arethe sunshine of my life.
Alliteration • Repeating the same sound at the beginning of words that are next to or near eachother. • Laura laughs loudly like little leopards.
Onomatopoeia • a word that imitates the sound it represents. • Boom! • Crackle • Chirp
Personification • Giving something that is NOT human the characteristics of a human. • The evil sunshotdown its burning rayson the lonely lawn chair.
Imagery • Language that helps you imagine what something looks, sounds, smells, feels, or tastes like • When you entered the store, you could hear the clanging and ringing of the registers wishing the Christmas shoppers a great holiday season.
Idiom • A commonly understood expression that does not mean what the words say • You have a chip on your shoulder. • Her father called her the apple of his eye.
Figurative Language • Language that is not supposed to be taken literally • Similes, metaphors, personifications, hyperboles, idioms
Hyperbole • intentional exaggeration • It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets. • Everybody and their mom was in line to go to the bathroom.
Assonance • resemblance of vowel sounds in the middle of words that are next to or near each other. • I lie down by the side of my bride.
Oxymoron • An unusual expression that is made of opposite terms • Agree to disagree • Awfully nice • Friendly enemy
Allusion (noun) • The narrator refers to another famous person, place, event, time period, etc… • Harriet Tubman was thought of as the Moses of her time. • You could say that chocolate is my Kryptonite.