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Exploring Literary Devices: Similes, Metaphors, and More

This guide delves into essential literary devices like similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification to enhance writing and comprehension. Discover how similes draw vivid comparisons using "like" or "as," while metaphors create direct connections between unlike things. Learn about idioms, personification's humanization of objects, and onomatopoeia's sound-based words. Extend your understanding with concepts like extended metaphors, external conflicts, and key grammatical terms such as nouns and verbs. This resource is a must-read for aspiring writers and students.

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Exploring Literary Devices: Similes, Metaphors, and More

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  1. ELA terms LIST 1 - A

  2. Compares two unlike things using like or as The tree swayed like a dancing boy Her hand was cold like ice 1.) Simile

  3. 2.) Metaphor • Comparing two unlike things without using like or as • Batman was the beacon of hope the city needed • Little Jakey was an animal on the football field

  4. A phrase you can’t take seriously It was raining cats and dogs You’re driving me up the wall 3.) Idiom

  5. 4.) Personification • Giving human traits to animals or objects • The squirrel brushed his teeth then flossed every day. • The eraser screamed as Allante decided to erase her entire essay.

  6. 5.) Onomatopoeia Words that sound like their meaning Slam, Whack, Boom, Crack, Whoosh

  7. 6.) Extended Metaphor • A comparison between two things that is made throughout a poem or story • A poem that compares addiction to video games. • A story where a dog is used to continually show the traits of friendship.

  8. A fight, struggle or argument: Man vs Man Man vs Beast Man vs Nature Man vs Society 7.) External Conflict

  9. 8.) Noun • A person, place, thing, or idea • Man, child, lawyer • City, sewer, field • Toilet, bubblegum, spaceship • Freedom, equality, honor

  10. Shows action or connects a subject to its object We ran and played. John is right and they are wrong. 9.) Verb

  11. 10.) Ad- Means – toward Advantage, advance, advice, addition While Kevae wasn’t looking, Chuck added baby roaches to his Raisin Bran.

  12. 12.) Euphemisms • a polite way (phrase) to say something that is controversial When a writer says that the character "passed away," he or she is using a euphemism to say that the character "died."

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