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on the stars to return to this page Metaphor ImagerySimile RepetitionSynecdoche click here to answer questionsMetonymyPersonificationAllegory

MetaphorA metaphor is a comparison used to add descriptive meaning to a phrase (without

using the words "like" or "as"). Metaphors are generally not meant literally, and may have little connotative similarity to the concepts they are meant to portray.

Example: The man's arm exploded with pain, spiderwebs of fire crawling up and down its length as the tire of a passing car crushed it. (There is no literal

explosion, spiderweb, or fire, but the words are used to create images and draw similarities to the way such an event would feel)

Simile

The easiest stylistic device to find is a simile, because you only have to look for the words "as" or "like". A simile is a comparison used to attract the reader's attention and

describe something in descriptive terms.Example: "From up here on the fourteenth floor, my brother Charley looks like an

insect scurrying among other insects." (from "Sweet Potato Pie," Eugenia Collier)Example: The beast had eyes as big as baseballs and teeth as long as knives.

Example: She put her hand to the boy's head, which was steaming like a hot train.

SynecdocheSynecdoche occurs when a part of something is used to refer to the

whole.Many examples of synecdoche are idioms, common to the language.Example: Workers can be referred to as ‘pairs of hands’, a vehicle as one′s

‘wheels’ or mounted infantrymen as ‘horse’, the latter appearing to be singular but actually employing the generic plural form: "Napoleon

deployed two thousand horse to cover the left flank.

Metonymy

Metonymy is similar to synecdoche, but instead of a part representing the whole, a related object or part of a related object is used to represent the

whole. Often it is used to represent the whole of an abstract idea.Example: The phrase "The king's rifles stood at attention," uses 'rifles' to

represent infantry.Example: The word 'crown' may be used metonymically to refer to the king or queen, and at times to the law of the land.

PersonificationGiving human charecterstic to a non living

object Example the tree had great big arms

Allegory

An allegory is a story that has a second meaning, usually by endowing characters, objects or events with symbolic significance.

The entire story functions symbolically; often a pattern relates each literal item to a corresponding abstract idea or principle. Although

the surface story may have its own interest, the author's major interest is in the ulterior meaning

Imagery

his is when the author invokes sensory details. Often, this is simply to draw a reader more deeply into a story by helping

the reader visualize what is being described. However, imagery may also symbolize important ideas in a story.

Example : the tree was 6 feet tall and was ageing the bark was slowly peeling off the tree, the tree did not have much

time left , the leaves green and yellow slowly had all fallen off.

RepetitionRepetition is the deliberate use of a word or phrase

more than once in a sentence or a text to create a sense of pattern or form or to emphasize certain elements in the mind of the reader. Example : “ he is alive, dead! I

tell you alive!, he was found hanging out in the closet”

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Q1) Which of the following sentance have a rethorical question 1. “ Sweety , can you go get some milk at the market? ”2. “Are you crazy? ”

Q2) Which of the follwing sentances has a similie 1 “you are as dumb as a rock” 2 “you are a rock”

Q3)Which of the following sentance has personification

1 “ the painting is so colorfull ”2. “the trees branches as big as trucks”3. “you are a tree”

Q4Which of the following sentances have repition?

1. “he is alive, alive ! I tell you alive!, he was found hanging out in the closet ”

2. “he is alive ! I found him at the gas station” 3. “ is he alive ?”

Q5Which of the following sentances uses metaphores? 1 . The man's arm exploded with pain 2. The man is in pain 3 . The man is wearing a blue and is in pain

Q6Define allegory 1. A story that has a second meaning, usually by endowing characters 2. The use of commas in a sentence 3. Comparing something useing like or as

Q7Which of the follwing sentances has imagery1. the

tree was 6 feet tall and was ageing the bark was slowly peeling off the tree, the tree did not have much time left , the leaves green and yellow slowly had all fallen off.

2. Hi my name is bob 3. I like cheese and crackers

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define synecdoche

1.  Workers can be referred to as ‘pairs of hands’, a vehicle as one′s ‘wheels’ or mounted infantrymen as ‘horse’, the latter appearing to be singular but actually employing the generic plural form: "Napoleon deployed two thousand horse to cover the left flank. 2. Giving human charecterstic to a non living object

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