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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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"The stars still shone..."
There were three "S's" in a row.
Allusion: A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.Example: "She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa."
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"...the great pearl, perfect as the moon."
The pearl is being "referred" to as the moon.
Assonance: Repeated vowel sounds. Example: "The cat sat on the mat."
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"It was the greatest pearl in the world."
Pearl and world rhyme.
Hyperbole: An extravagant exaggeration. Example: "My backpack weighs a ton!"
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"It was the greatest pearl in the world."
This pearl isn't necessarily the "greatest" in the world.
Imagery: Creating pictures for the senses. Example: "The pitter-patter of the rain against the window."
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"He could hear the pat of corn cakes in the house."
When I read this "imagined" corn cakes frying on a pan.
Metaphor: A comparison when one becomes the other. Example: "The book was a passport to adventure."
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"A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet."
A town, in reality, obviously doesn't have body parts.
Onomatopoeia: Words whose sound suggests its meaning. Example: "The bees buzzed."
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The coyotes cried and laughed in the brush, and the owls screeched and hissed over their heads.
In this sentence I could almost hear the sounds of the forest.
Personification: Giving human qualities to ideas and things. Example: "Her stomach growled."
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"His eyes flicked to a rustle behind him."
Eyes don't flick, that is an action made by your hand.
Simile: A comparison using "like" or "as." Example: "She floated in like a cloud."
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And the father made it clear that every man and woman is like a soldier sent by God..."
I think when the "father" said this it may have placed a new, stronger will in kino's heart.
Symbol: Representation of somehting complex, general, or abstract. Example: "The Statue of Liberty symbolizes the democratic ideal."
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"So lovely it was, so soft, and it's own music came from in it- it's music of promise and delight, it's guarantee of the future, of comfort, of security..."
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Alliteration: repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.Example: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."in this column
good example of figurative language
Allusion: A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.Example: "She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa."
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good example of figurative language
Assonance: Repeated vowel sounds.
Example: "The cat sat on the mat."
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good example of figurative language
Hyperbole: An extravagant exaggeration.
Example: "My backpack weighs a ton!"
in this column
good example of figurative language
Imagery: Creating pictures for the senses.
Example: "The pitter-patter of the rain against the window."
in this column
good example of figurative language
Metaphor: A comparison when one becomes the other.
Example: "The book was a passport to adventure."
in this column
good example of figurative language
Onomatopoeia: Words whose sound suggests its meaning.
Example: "The bees buzzed."
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good example of figurative language
Personification: Giving human qualities to ideas and things.
Example: "Her stomach growled."
in this column
good example of figurative language
Simile: A comparison using "like" or "as."
Example: "She floated in like a cloud."
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good example of figurative language
Symbol: Representation of somehting complex, general, or abstract.
Example: "The Statue of Liberty symbolizes the democratic ideal."
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good example of figurative language