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Part 1 . SIMILE. Simile. (noun ) A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind [ uses like or as to make a comparison ] You are as brave as a lion . Santa’s belly was like a bowl full of jelly . Metaphor . Metaphor. (noun )
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Simile • (noun) • A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind • [uses like or as to make a comparison] • You are as brave as a lion. • Santa’s belly waslikea bowl full of jelly.
Metaphor • (noun) • A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it does not literally apply. • Your head isfull of rocks. • You arethe sunshine of my life.
Alliteration • (noun) • refers to the repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words or phrases. • Laura laughs loudly like little leopards.
Onomatopoeia • (noun) • a word that imitates the sound it represents. • Boom! • Crackle • Chirp
Personification • (noun) • The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman • Giving something that is NOT human the characteristics of a human. • The evil sunshotdown its burning rayson the lonely lawn chair.
Rhyme • (noun) • A word that has the same sound as another • crinkle/wrinkle • spend/wind
End and Internal Rhyme • End Rhyme- Words with end rhyme have the same ending sound • cry/bye • float/ boat • Internal Rhyme- a rhyme between words in the same line • I love the way the wind sways the bales ofhay in November.
Imagery • (noun) • used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience • you can “hear”, “see”, etc. what the words describe • When you entered the store, you could hear the clanging and ringing of the registers wishing the Christmas shoppers a great holiday season.
Assonance • (noun) • resemblance of sounds between words. • The sounds in words sounds very similar to one another • I lie down by the side of my bride.
Prose • (noun) • matter-of-fact or commonplace written expression • novels, articles…
Idiom • (noun) • a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people • You have a chip on your shoulder. • Her father called her the apple of his eye.
Hyperbole • (noun) • intentional exaggeration • It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets. • Everybody and their mom was in line to go to the bathroom.
Meter • (noun) • arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses. He said, “Hey, there fellow (a) with the hair colored yellow. (a) Watcha trying to prove? (b) ‘Cause that’s my woman there (c) and I’m a man who cares (c) and this might be all for you.” (b)
Figurative Language • (noun) • The use of words, phrases, symbols, and ideas in such as way as to evoke mental images and sense impressions.