The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind-Chapter 11

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'He runs like the wind.'

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What is personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract ideas. For example, 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one is the other. For example, 'Time is a thief.'

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally. For example, 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.'

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words. For example, 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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Identify the figurative language: 'I ate my supper like a real working man.'

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This sentence uses simile to compare the way the speaker ate to a 'real working man' using 'like'.

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Identify the figurative language: 'From where I stood, I could see over the trees to where the patchwork of fields and forest joined the highlands.'

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This sentence uses personification, as it describes the landscape in a way that gives it human-like qualities.

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Identify the figurative language: 'We took smaller branches and nailed them sideways like rungs of a ladder.'

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This sentence uses simile to compare the branches to rungs of a ladder using 'like'.

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Identify the figurative language: 'So, I wired three-foot bamboo reinforcements to each one, to where they acted like bones.'

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This sentence uses simile to compare the bamboo reinforcements to bones using 'like'.

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Identify the figurative language: 'I'd also determined it was the ideal place to catch the eastern winds that rushed over the highlands from the lake.'

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This sentence uses personification, as it describes the winds as 'rushing'.