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Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
Example: My heart was like a stone after he broke up with me. |
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Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
Example: My life is a dream |
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Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
Example: The train runs laps around the hills and stops to feed at the gas tanks. |
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An exxageration of the truth for emphasis or humorous effect
Example: I am so hungry that I could eat a horse.
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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Example: Sleds sliding on snowy slopes sound stupendous |
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The use of words whose sound suggest their meaning
Example: buzz, zap, boom, ka-pow |
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Returning words or phrases that bring comfort, suggest order or add special meaning
Example: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpy Dumpty had a great fall |
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Similarity of sounds at the end of words
Example: The man was red in the head and his name was Fred. |
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The pattern established by the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem
Example:
There once was a big brown cat a
That liked to eat a lot of mice b
He got all round and fat a
Because they tasted so nice b |
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| Alliteration, hyperbole, imagery, idioms, metaphor onomatopeia, rhyme, simile and personification are examples of things an author can use to enrich his or her writing. These are known as literary devices. |
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The meaning or message in a story.
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The theme in the movie "Cinderella" could be that love conquers all obstacles. |
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| The way a poem is placed on the page. This is broken into two categories of free verse and structured form |
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A person, a place,an object, or an action that stands for something beyond itself.
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A dove may be used in a story to symbolize peace. |
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