~Figurative Language~
Simile- Kynedy Rosalez:)
SIMILE
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things through some connective word usually being "like" "as" "than".
Example: "Of course he wasn't a crazy crazy like old Miss Leedie,who was in love with President Wilson and wrote him a letter every day,but was a nice crazy,like someone you meet in your dreams." ( The scarlet ibis)
METAPHOR
A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is,on some point of comparison,the same as another otherwise unrelated object.
Example:"They named him William Armstrong,which was like trying a big tail on a small kit." (The scarlet ibis)
PERSONIFICATION
A personification is when you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or, in some cases, to something that isn't even alive.
Example:"The last graveyard flowers were blooming,and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house,speaking softly the names of our dead." ( The scarlet ibis)
HYPERBOLE
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
Example:"Attendance is mandatory unless you are on deaths door." (The hunger games)
ALLITERATION
Alliteration is a literary device in which two or more consecutive words (or words that are nearby in the same sentence) start with the same letter
Example:"A thicket of berry bushes protects it from unwanted eyes" ( The hunger games)