Figurative Language
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Simile
-a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of different kinds, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., I am as brave as a lion, He is as fast a cheetah).
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Alliteration
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the appearance of the same letter or sounds at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Idioms
a group of words formed by usage of having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., its raining cats and dogs, do you see the light ).
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Metaphor
a figure of speech when a word or phrase is given to an object or action to that is not a literally applicable. (A black hole wanted to show its power by sucking up a star) synonyms: figure of speech, image, trope, analogy, comparison, symbol, word painting/picture
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Mood
The mood is the way tha author wants the reader to feel while reading his or her writing. (Scared, my hart beaded as i herd the door nob turn.
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Tone
What a charactor is doing in the story, ( i opened the door to my home. Its already been 4 years. Im through collage.)
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Personification
Human actions from something non human, doesn't have human abilities. ( I watched the tree shake with fear as the lumberjacks came).
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