Question #c70dd
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Metaphor is a method of describing an action using imagery to help the audience visualize it. Simile is a metaphor that uses "like" or "as." Alliteration is a sentence or sequence of words starting with the same letter or same sound. Personification gives human-like attributes to non-human things.
Explanation:
Metaphor examples:
The tortured souls of the dead spiraled down in a tornado of despair and darkness.
- It wasn't an actual tornado.
His debt was being increasing steadily, snowballing until it was enough to build a snowman.
- You can't actually build a snowman out of debt.
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Simile examples:
They laughed like a hyena.
- They weren't actually hyenas.
- Uses "like"
Her smile shone bright, as the sun on a midsummer day.
- Her smile wasn't actually the sun.
- Uses "as"
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Alliteration examples:
Sally sold seashells south of Sumner Street.
- Almost every word in the sentence begins with "s," making the same sound.
Corn kernels were carried in a copper case.
- This would also be an example of alliteration, even though not all of the words that make a hard "c" sound actually start with "c."
Read the passage aloud to help.
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Personification examples:
Withered leaves danced across the pavement.
- Leaves cannot dance. They don't have legs or arms, nor are they human. Dancing is a human-like action.
The beautiful cello sang as she played "The Swan" for her mother.
- The cello did not sing, it has no vocal cords. Singing is a human-like action.
