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Ardreauna Hayes

Ardreauna Hayes . Figurative Language . Personification . Non-human things or abstractions are represented as having human qualities. Example: Cornbread is calling my name. Ardreauna…..come eat me! . Alliteration.

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Ardreauna Hayes

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  1. Ardreauna Hayes Figurative Language

  2. Personification • Non-human things or abstractions are represented as having human qualities. • Example: Cornbread is calling my name. Ardreauna…..come eat me!

  3. Alliteration • Repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two words or more adjacent words or stressed syllables. • Example: The big blue bunny eats blueberry muffins.

  4. Assonance • Repetition of vowel sounds in words close together. • Example: I made my way to the lake.

  5. Hyperbole • Exaggerated figure of speech for emphasis or effect • Example: The book weighted a ton.

  6. Onomatopoeia • Use of words that sound like what they mean. • Example: buzz, purr, ding dong, slam.

  7. Metaphor • Comparison in which the author describes a person or thing using words that are not meant to be taken literally. • Example: Boy is a mule.

  8. Simile • Comparison of two things that are different, usually using the words like or as. • Example: My love is like a red, red rose.

  9. Imagery • Create a mental image in your mind. • Example: As my mama was in the kitchen cooking, I could smell steak.

  10. Idiom • An expression that has a different meaning from the literal meaning of its individual words. • Example: Have the upper hand or under the weather.

  11. Consonance • Constant sounds close together. • Example: I dropped the locket in the thick mud.

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