16) Examples
Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
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Assonance: Repetition of a vowel sound within non rhyming words.
“But then the panic swooped back over me and I dragged in harsh, rapid breaths.”
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Personification: Figure of speech which human qualities are attributed to an object, animal or idea.
“The breeze like a crying widow was muffled above me”
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Hyperbole: A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect.
“I had one of those wild monkey fighting over a banana inside your cranium headaches.”
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Onomatopoeia: The process of creating or using words that imitate sounds.
“After he escape bell rang, I sailed up the aisle but noticed David moving at the back of the room toward my desk.”
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Simile: A stated comparison between two things that are actually unalike but have something in common.
“Her dad is a version of my mom. Both snakes, but mom has venom; he’s a constrictor”
Or
“Hmmmm, I wonder if her mother is doormat like my dad?
Both in Page 184
Metaphor: A form of figurative language that makes a comparison between two things that have something in common.
“Words are teeth. And they eat me alive. Feed on my Corpse instead.”
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