Literacy Terms
By: Jason Ortscheid
Simile - a type of comparison using "like" or "as"
"Ugh! It's like moist black velvet." The Caribbean night is being compared to moist black velvet. www.layoutsparks.com
Metaphor - a type of comparision where you compare two things that have something in common
"the cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean sea closed over his head." blood and water. www.allianceforwaterefficiency.org
Personification - when you give an inanimite object human qualities
"For a seemingly endless time he fought the sea." You can't fight the sea. 123rf.com
Simile
"The beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates a soldier into courage." The beating of the old man's heart and the beating of a drum. dir.coolclips.com
Metaphor
"He had the eye of a vulture" The old man's eye and a vulture's eye. evan1995.blogspot.com
Personification
"Because Death, in approaching had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped his victim." It's making death sound like a murderer. http://www.squidoo.com
Simile
"It was a low, dull, quick sound - much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton." The old man's heart and a watch in cotton. cadencewatch.com
Metaphor
"Yes, he was stone, stone dead." The old man and a stone. capitolmuseum.ca.gov
Personification
"He stood there rubbing his injured shoulder, and Rainsford, with fear gripping his heart, heard the general's mocking laugh ring thrugh the jungle." fear doen't have hands. survivingsurvivalism.com