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Literary Terms

Imagery. Simile. Metaphor. Personification. Literary Terms. Exploring Author’s Craft. Her lips were as red as a rose. Simile. A comparison of two unlike things that links them with the words like or as. What characteristic do her lips and a rose share? They are_________. Metaphor

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Literary Terms

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  1. Imagery Simile Metaphor Personification Literary Terms Exploring Author’s Craft

  2. Her lips were as red as a rose. Simile A comparison of two unlike things that links them with the words like or as. What characteristic do her lips and a rose share? They are_________.

  3. Metaphor A metaphor states that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as as to make the comparison. His words were a knife. What is being implied by this comparison about his words? They are _______________.

  4. Dialect A regional variety of a language, with differences in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation “Mama says stupid is as stupid does.”“We were like peas and carrots, Jenny and I.”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPIEn0M8su0

  5. Diction This is the choice and arrangement of words the author uses. (formal vs. informal) There is formal diction:There is informal diction:

  6. Imagery Words that stimulate one or more senses to create a picture in the mind.

  7. Imagery Burning embers seethed, then suffered increasingly alone, in a dying bonfire. They cackled, wooed, and winked only to a lonely and deserted beach as the wind caressed them good night and good-bye. Summer was over.

  8. What characteristics do these non-animate objects now take on? Personification A figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human qualities.

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