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2. metaphor - comparisons of two unlike things without using the words like or as.

simile - comparisons of two unlike things using the word like or as to help the reader understand more. Example: The stars in the dark sky are sparkling as shiny diamonds. 2. metaphor - comparisons of two unlike things without using the words like or as.

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2. metaphor - comparisons of two unlike things without using the words like or as.

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  1. simile - comparisons of two unlike things using the word like or as to help the reader understand more. Example: The stars in the dark sky are sparkling as shiny diamonds. • 2. metaphor - comparisons of two unlike things without using the words like or as. • Example: Life is just a bowl of cherries.

  2. Hyperbole - wild exaggeration of the truth. • Example: starving to death • Alliteration – repeating a sound, word or sentence structure. • Example: she sells seashells by the seashore

  3. Onomatopoeia - making / using words that imitate a sound. • Example: bang, splash, zoom • Personification - animals and inanimate objects taking on human characteristics. • Example: wolves talking, teapots dancing

  4. 7. proverb- a saying which has a moral or a lesson (teaches you something) • Example: a penny saved is a penny earned • 8. idiom - figure of speech that does not literally mean what it says • Example: “let the cat out of the bag” = to reveal a secret

  5. 9. symbolism - a symbol is a person place, event, or object that has a meaning in itself, but also suggests other meanings. The use of one thing to stand for another. • Example: dove = peace • 10. imagery - a word or group of words in a literary work that appeals to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell • Example: a beach: • See: white sand • Smell: suntan lotion • Hear: roaring ocean • Taste: salt, hot dogs • Touch: grains of hot sand

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