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Alliteration: repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.Example: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
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pg. 5
"The scorpion moved delicately down the rope..."
Allusion: A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.Example: "She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa."
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pg. 49
"This pearl is like fool's gold."
Assonance: Repeated vowel sounds. Example: "The cat sat on the mat."
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Hyperbole: An extravagant exaggeration. Example: "My backpack weighs a ton!"
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pg. 19
"It was as large as a sea-gull's egg."
Imagery: Creating pictures for the senses. Example: "The pitter-patter of the rain against the window."
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pg.37
"...and the darkness spread over the page, and with the darkness came music or evil again."
You can picture loud scary music along with darkness.
pg.88
"KIno and Juana walked through the city as though it were not there"
You can imagine a city, then nothing. and you can picture Juana and Kino easily walking through a city like its no big deal.
pg.42
"The sun was hot yellow that morning..."
You can picture the sun being hot and yellow.
Metaphor: A comparison when one becomes the other. Example: "The book was a passport to adventure."
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pg. 17
"Above, the surface f the water was an undulating mirror of brightness..."
Onomatopoeia: Words whose sound suggests its meaning. Example: "The bees buzzed."
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Personification: Giving human qualities to ideas and things. Example: "Her stomach growled."
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pg. 66
"The wind screamed over the gulf, and the water turned white..."
The author is describing the wind (an object) fast and heavy and the water (noun) turning white.
pg. 37
"...The words galloped and played on the book."
The author is telling about the words and a book (both not alive) galloping.
pg. 59
"... The pearl, knocked from his hand, lay winking behind a little store in the pathway."
He is saying the pearl is winking. (the pearl is not alive)
pg. 14
"Although the morning was young, the hazy mirage was up."
The author is detailing about the "morning" being young and the "hazy mirage" being "up"
Simile: A comparison using "like" or "as." Example: "She floated in like a cloud."
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pg. 34
"He scattered the old woman like chickens."
The author is comparing the old woman to chickens.
pg. 59
"He hissed at her like a snake."
The author is comparing his anger to a snake.
pg. 84
"Kino edged like a slow lizard down the smooth rock shoulder."
The author is comparing Kino to a lizard, both slow and smooth.
Symbol: Representation of somehting complex, general, or abstract. Example: "The Statue of Liberty symbolizes the democratic ideal."
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pg. 67
"This pearl has become my soul."
He's representing his heart with the pearl which is complex.
Alliteration: repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.Example: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
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Allusion: A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.Example: "She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa."
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Assonance: Repeated vowel sounds.
Example: "The cat sat on the mat."
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Hyperbole: An extravagant exaggeration.
Example: "My backpack weighs a ton!"
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Imagery: Creating pictures for the senses.
Example: "The pitter-patter of the rain against the window."
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Metaphor: A comparison when one becomes the other.
Example: "The book was a passport to adventure."
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Onomatopoeia: Words whose sound suggests its meaning.
Example: "The bees buzzed."
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Personification: Giving human qualities to ideas and things.
Example: "Her stomach growled."
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Simile: A comparison using "like" or "as."
Example: "She floated in like a cloud."
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Symbol: Representation of somehting complex, general, or abstract.
Example: "The Statue of Liberty symbolizes the democratic ideal."
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