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Discover the beauty of figurative language with examples of personification, alliteration, assonance, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, and metaphor in this comprehensive guide by Shelia Vann. Explore how these techniques bring life to language and enhance literary works.
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Figurative Language By: Shelia Vann For: Mrs.Cox
Personification An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities Sun smiling down
Alliteration • Consonant sounds repeated at the beginning of a words • Caleb calls Chris ‘cause he’s coming to California.
Assonance Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry. Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks.
Hyperbole • Exaggeration often used for emphasis. • It is going to take a bazillion years to get through Medical School.Read more
Onomatopoeia Words that’s imitate the sound they are naming . Buzz,ding,hiss or roar
Metaphor A direct comparison of two unalike things. My mind is an ocean; my words are a river .