Literacy Terms by Gerardo M
"A Dark and Stormy Night"
Simile: Something that compares two things with like or as.
The dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick, warm blackness in upon the yacht. It's comparing the night with a blanket with as. www.oursausalito.com
Metaphor: Something that compares two things without like or as.
I have played the fox, now I must play the cat in the fable. It compares him with the a fox without like or as. www.nj.gov
Personification: It makes something to act like a person.
For a seemly endless time he fought the sea. It's making the sea act like a human by fighting the man. members.virtualtourist.com
Simile
But his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night Rainsford had come from. It was comparing his mustache and eyebrows with night with as. thelaakerzone.blogspot.com
Metaphor
But perhaps the General was the Devil. it comparing the general to the devil without like or as. www.robeson.k12.nc.us
Personification
He struggled up to the surface to the surface but he wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face. It was making the waves act like a person slapping him. southernboating.com
Simile
You've got good eyes said Whitney, with a laugh and I've seen you pick off a moose moving in the brown full bush at four hundred yards, but even you cat see four miles in a moonless Caribbean night. Not four yards admitted Rainsford ugh its like moist black velvet. It's comparing was comparing the night with moist black velvet. themockingjaydistrict12.tumblr.com
Metahor
Don't you feel anything as if the air about us was actually poisonous. It's comparing the air with poison. themockingjaydistrict12.tumblr.com
Personification
Giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide open jaw. Its personification becuase the giant rocks cant open their jaws. www.shutterstock.com