Words
What is a Similes
A figure of speech that compares things without using like or as
Life like quality to an inanimate object
Personification
"Marlow was prepared to risk everything his boat, his career, even his life"
Cummulative
What is a metaphor
A figure of speech that compares things using like or as
Antithesis
“The ball is round.”
Imperative
What is a Hyperbole
Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis
Sentence that includes two independent
Compound
The movie Cars
Personification
What is Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences
Sentence that includes one independent and dependent clause
Complex
"Jumbo shrimp"
Oxymoron
What is Parallelism
Similarity of Structure in in a pair or series of related words, phases, or clauses
Sentence whos main clause is withheld until the end
Periodic
A question asked solely to produce an. effect and not to elicit a reply.
Rhetorical Question