Mastering Figurative Language for Creative Writing
Explore the art of figurative language through personification, alliteration, assonance, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia. Develop your skills with examples and exercises to enhance your writing.
Mastering Figurative Language for Creative Writing
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Figurative Language By: Brandy Coulter Mrs. Cox 4th Period
~PERSONIFICATION~ An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities. Example: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky..
~Alliteration~ Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words. Example: Fred’s friends fried Fritos for Friday’s food.
Assonance Repeated Vowels sounds in a line or lines of poetry. Flash with a rash with give me my cash flicking' my ashRunning with my money, son, go out with a blast."
Hyperbole Exaggeration often used for emphasis. Example: I could eat a horse.
Onomatopeoia Words that imitate the sound that they are naming! Examples: Ding-dong