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Figurative Language and Sound Devices
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English (Figurative Language) Mind Map on Figurative Language and Sound Devices, created by made_of_bubbles on 05/12/2013.
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Figurative Language and Sound Devices
Similies
When you compare two nouns with the words LIKE or AS
The dog's eyes gleamed like polished gems
Metaphor
When you compare two unlike objects, thoughts or feelings to describe a relationship
Their father was a rock
Personification
Giving an inanimate object human qualities
A standing soldier, the building stood proud
Alliteration
Sequence of repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of a word
The annoying apple ate a mango
Assonance
the repetition of similar vowels in stressed syllables
The slimy slug slipped slowly
Onomatepia
Words that sound like the sound they are describing
BOOM or BANG
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