Literacy Terms by Karla Y
A Dark and Stormy Night
Simile-when two things are compared but they're not alike.
"his hair like mouldy hay," His hair is being compared to moldy hay because of how dirty it is. http://shantara.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/ah-hay/
Metaphor-a figure of speech that is applied to something that might not be literally the same in order to find a resemblance.
"I have played the fox, now I must play the cat of the fable." He was the hunter but now he felt like it was his turn to be the hunted. http://oldfables.blogspot.com/2010/12/cat-and-fox.html
Personification-objects given a human characteristic.
"the moon was a ghostly galleon" The moon is being given the characteristic of being a ghostly galleonhttp://hdwpapers.com/full_moon_wallpaper_3-wallpapers.html
Simile
"hours crawled by like years" Hours are passing by like years because they're full of fear so they feel longer than they really arehttp://www.diytrade.com/china/pd/6404045/Wall_clock.html
Metaphor
"hit the hay" This is a metaphor that is used to say time to go to sleep. http://thedancingdonkey.blogspot.com/2011/12/sharp-dressed-donkey.html
Personification
"His eyes were hallows of madness" His eyes are given the characteristic of madness.http://angi-cherry.deviantart.com/art/Mad-Eyes-293085501
Simile
"at length a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider" The ray of light is as thin as a spiders web.http://breakingthespidersweb.blogspot.com/2011/05/nasrallahs-spider-web-speech.html
Metaphor
"he was stone dead" He was still as a rock because he was dead.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cuff_Hill_logan_stone_2.JPG
Personification
"when the road was a gypsy's ribbon" The road looked flowy like a ribbon. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/General/American-Heart-Association-Templates_UCM_305083_Article.jsp