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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