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| Simile | A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as". The comparison's purpose is to create a visual image. (He runs like the wind.) |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of words which imitate sound -- buzz, swish, sizzle. |
| Personification | A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing is given hyuman (person-like) characteristics. (The branches waved frantically) |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration for dramatic effect (waiting an eternity for love lost). |
| Idiom | A group of words, which have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meanings of each word individually. The expression is not meant literally. (That's a piece of cake; it' so easy.) |
| Metaphor | A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. Often forms of the "to be" verb are used, such as "is" or "was", to make the comparison. (Jasmine is a shining star in class.) |
| Alliteration | The repeating of beginning sound for effect -- whispering wind in the willows. |
