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Comparing two things using like or as Ex: Fred’s shirt is as blue as the sky on a cloudless winter morning.
Ex: Fred’s shirt is like a blue sky on a cloudless winter morning.
A direct comparison of two unlike things. Ex:That wave is a monster.
Words that sound like their meaning. A sound word.
An extreme exaggeration Ex: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
An object that stands for an idea.
The repetition of Consonant sounds in words that are close together. Ex: “…all summer in the sound of the sea” --Walt Whitman
The repetition of Vowel sounds in words that are close together. Ex: In the dimness of her fickle mind, she called again to him.
Giving human qualities to non-human things Ex: The darkness reached out to the campers. Fred’s goldfish begged for more friends. The day awoke in a splash of color.
Write a sentence using personification. The wind blew against the trunks, trying to hurl them into the raging, black waters of the Pacific.
A reference to a person, place, or event from literature, art, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science. For example: “I Have a Dream” alludes to the song “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee”
IMAGERY Language that appeals to the senses.