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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Figurative language recap

Define the frases:

-  Figurative language: Figurative language refers to the color we use to amplify our writing. It gently alludes to something without stating it.

-   Literal language: Literal language refers to the use of words solely by their defined or prime meanings.

Similie: A similie is when you compare one thing with another thing of a different kind.
Examples:
-  The coal was as black as the leather shoes I wore to school.
-  The soldiers were as tired as slaves.
-  The slime was stretchy like the cheese on a pizza
-  The tree was as tall as a skyscraper.


Metaphor: A metaphor is a hidden or implied comparison between two things.
Examples:
-  The sheep was the odd one out of his family.
-  The school test was a breeze
-  His pale face shows his fear.

Idiom: A phrase that is not implied literally.
Examples:
-   Every cloud has a silver lining but it's sometimes a little hard to get the mint.
-  American idioms drive me up the wall.
-  If we play our cards right, we might be able to find out when those whales are being released.

Alliteration: The same letter used at the start of a word over and over again in a sentance.
Examples:
-  Sally sells sea shells on the sea shore.
-  Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
-  The terrible tiger tore the towel

Hyperbole: Hyperbole is when you over exadurate something.
Examples:
-  Im so hungry I could eat a whole pig.
-  He's so tall he could touch the sky
-  The tv's probably smaller than a tic tac.

Personification: When you give something a human characteristic when it isn't human.
Examples:
-  The wind whistled through the grass
-  look at the boat, maaan shes a beauty!
-  The fire swallowed the whole forest.

Onomatopoea: an onomatopoea is the formation of a sound accosiated with what it's named.
Examples:
-  Pow
-  sizzle
-  bang
-  burp

Assonance:  When a sentance have te same vowel sound a lot of times throughout the sentance.
Examples:
-  Clap your hands and stamp your feet.
-  Patience always pays
-  the engineer had the steering to steer the vehicle.

Consonance: A series of words that have the same consonants sounds.
Examples:
-  She ate seven sandwiches on a sunny sunday.
-  selly sells sea shell by the sea shore.
-  The ship has sailed far off shore.







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