Imagery hyperbole Analogy Comparison between two things that
Imagery hyperbole
Analogy • Comparison between two things that are alike in certain respects. Used in persuasion to demonstrate the logic of one idea by showing how it is similar to an accepted idea. – (“Pupils are more like oysters than sausages. The job of teaching is not to stuff them and then seal them up, but to help them reveal the riches within. ”-Sydney Harris)
A reference to another work of literature, art, film, etc. The reader understands to allusion and the hidden meaning behind the words.
Allusion… The Grinch (in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”) is called a Scrooge – a reference to “A Christmas Carol”
Imagery Use of figurative language to create mental pictures by appealing to one or more of the five senses (sight, hearing, feeling, smelling or tasting. )
Imagery He fumed and charged like an angry bull. The ants began their daily marching drill.
Metaphors The girl was a fish in the water. The balloon was a feather floating away.
Similes: I am hungry as a horse. He is happy as a clam. He is sneaky as a snake.
Personification The flowers danced in the wind. The friendly gates welcomed us.
Alliteration Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.
Assonance Princess Kitty will kiss Timmy T. Tipper. The pain may drain Drake, but maybe the weight is fake.
exaggeration
Hyperbole… n. I nearly died laughing • I was hopping mad Authors use Hyperbole for emphasis
Onomatopoeia Toot! Glippp Gluppp
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