Illiterary Devices
Published on Dec 09, 2015
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Simile
Comparing two things with like or as. The woman stomped as loud as a dinosaur.
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Metophor
Comparing two things without using like or as.
The football was a bullet.
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Personification: to give human like traits to a object.
The vegetables called me telling me to eat it.
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Onomatopoeia: a word imitating a sound of something.
The cabinet crashed to the ground.
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Hyperbole: An exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.
The finish line looked thousands of miles away.
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Idiom: An expression word or phrase that has a hidden meaning. Idioms are not to be taken literally.
Derrick Rose was on fire.
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Cliche: A phrase or expression that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
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Mood: The feeling the reader has about the task. An example of mood is,
the moon had fallen and all you could hear was the howling of the wind.
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