Identifying parts of speech

Directly compares two unlike things using connection words, such as "like," "as," or "than"

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Assonance

A Metaphor is...

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• Directly compares two unlike things using connection words such as "like," "as," or "than."

• Words, phrases, or expressions that are grammatically unusual and their meaning cannot be taken.

• The comparison of two unlike things without using a connecting word.

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Sensory Language

• Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole is...

• An extreme exaggeration used to make a point.

• Giving human traits(qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to imitate objects.

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

• The difference between what we expect to happen and what actually happens.

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Match the following

• Oxymoron

• Giving human traits(qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to imitate objects.

• Assonance

• Words, phrases, or expressions that are grammatically unusual and their meaning cannot be taken literally.

• Idiom

• A reference to an outside work(person, place, thing, event, literature, art) that is meant to give the reader more meaning without additional words.

• Personification

• The repetition of vowel sounds.

• Allusion

• Apparently Contradictory terms are used in conjunction.