Writing+-+Style


 * __ Figuring Out Figurative Language __**


 * Metaphors **** are comparisons ** that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Metaphors are a way to describe something. Authors use them to make their writing more interesting or entertaining.

// Brian was a wall //, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.

We would have had more pizza to eat if //Tammy hadn’t been such a hog//.

// Cindy was such a mule //. We couldn’t get her to change her mind.

The poor rat didn’t have a chance. Our old //cat, a bolt of lightning//, caught his prey.


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A Simile is when you compare two nouns (persons, places or things) that are unlike, with "like" or "as."

** "The rain falls like the sun rising upon the mountains." **

Similes in Poetry ** Piano ** Playing the piano is like A bird soaring in the Sky. When you play the keys it is like Flying your fingers across the Piano. The notes are like Clouds drifting through the sky.

** VELVET ** My mind is as brave as a warrior of the night. It's ready to take on anything that comes to it. It can take on any dream, and always follows Life.


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 * __Personification __** is giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas).


 * 1) The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves.
 * 2) The microwave timer told me it was time to turn my TV dinner.
 * 3) The video camera observed the whole scene.
 * 4) The strawberries seemed to sing, "Eat me first!"
 * 5) The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.
 * 6) The daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the walkers.
 * 7) The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.
 * 8) The snow whispered as it fell to the ground during the early morning hours.
 * 9) The china danced on the shelves during the earthquake.

10.The car engine coughed and sputtered when it started during the blizzard.


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 * Onomatopoeia ** is a word that imitates the sound it represents.

"buzz," "crash," "whirr," "clang" "hiss," "purr," "squeak," "mumble," "hush," "boom."


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 * Hyperbole ** is a figure of speech which is an **// exaggeration //** . Persons often use expressions such as "I nearly died laughing," "I was hopping mad," and "I tried a thousand times." Such statements are not literally true, but people make them to sound impressive or to emphasize something, such as a feeling, effort, or reaction.