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8. Metaphors are comparisons that
show how two things that are not
alike in most ways are similar in
one important way. Metaphors are
a way to describe something.
Authors use them to make their
writing more interesting or
entertaining.
12. My family is an expired firecracker
set off by the blowtorch of divorce. We lay
scattered in many directions.
My father is the wick, badly burnt
but still glowing softly.
My mother is the blackened paper fluttering down,
blowing this way and that, unsure where to land.
My sister is the fallen, colorful parachute,
lying in a tangled knot, unable to see the beauty she
holds.
My brother is the fresh, untouched powder that
was protected from the flame. And I,
I am the singed, outside papers, curled away
from everything, silently cursing
the blowtorch.
By: John
Excerpted from Writing Process Activities Kit.
13. Example: The trees danced in the wind.
A tree is an inanimate object that may sway in the wind,
but it cannot get up and dance. mate object
14. The lightning lashed out with anger.
Opportunity knocked on the door.
The sky was full of dancing stars.
The moon smiled at me from the sky.
15. Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid
drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at
night
And I love the rain.
16. A phrase whose meaning cannot be
determined by the literal definition of
the phrase itself, but refers instead to a
figurative meaning that is known only
through common use.
17. A dime a dozen. -anything that is
common or easy to get.
A piece of cake. -a task that can be
accomplished very easily.
18. Cup of Joe. – a cup of coffee.
From rags to riches. –to go from being
very poor to wealthy.
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21. Sometimes what you mean is not exactly what you say
That‟s figurative language, using words in different ways
Personification, alliteration, assonance, hyperbole
Onomatopoeia, metaphor, and simile
When Sally seems to sit somewhere separate from Sonia, Or Caleb calls Chris „cause he‟s
coming to California It‟s called alliteration: that‟s what occurs When you got the same sound
at the start of every word
But when you‟ve got a vowel sound that keeps sounding the same That‟s a figure called
assonance, yeah, that‟s its name It‟s what I‟m trying to define by providing this example But I
cannot deny that assonance can be a handful
A simile is something that you use to compare
Two unrelated things with an element that‟s shared My mind is like an ocean; it‟s as smooth
as jazz But it‟s only a simile if it uses “like” or “as”
A metaphor is similar, but watch out! Be careful ‟cause you‟ve got to leave “like” and “as”
out My mind is an ocean; my words are a river, So keep your ears open as I continue to
deliver
Now if the sun‟s smiling down, or the boat hugged the shore That‟s personification, nothing
less, nothing more
But with a buzz or a ding or a hiss or a roar That‟s onomatopoeia that we‟re using for sure
Hyperbole: man, that‟s like a million times harder!
Take something true, then exaggerate it way farther
Now you‟ve heard this song from beginning to the finish
Now you‟ve got some tools to draw your literary image
