U5 - "Simile Willow and Ginkgo" & "Introduction to Poetry"

Figurative language

• consists of words used in am imaginative way to communicate meaning beyond their strict definition.
• is an overused expression such as "better late than never" and "hard as nails".  Good writers generally avoid this.
• an expression that has meaning different from the meaning of its individual words.  For example, "It's raining cats and dogs."

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Similes

• use "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things.
• are a comparison of two unlike things where you say that one thing is something else.  For example, "My grandpa is a teddy bear."
• two words that have similar meanings.

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Metaphors

• use "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things.
• are a comparison of two unlike things where you say that one thing is something else.  For example, "My grandpa is a teddy bear."
• is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

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"A heart of gold" is an example of

• a simile
• a metaphor
• an analogy

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"You are the apple of my eye" is an example of 

• a simile
• a metaphor
• an analogy
• personification

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"Her voice was music to his ears" is an example of

• simile
• metaphor
• idiom
• personification

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"She is as busy as a  bee" is an example of

• a simile
• a metaphor
• alliteration
• an idiom

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"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get." is an example of

• a simile
• a metaphor
• alliteration
• personfication

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"Without my glasses, I am as blind as a bat." is an example of 

• a simile
• a metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

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One way to help yourself enjoy the richness of a poem is to take the time to visualize the words, or form pictures in your mind.

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