Definitions
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Sensory language that helps readers imagine what is written.
What is imagery
As soon as she entered the room, the smell of hot, buttery, salty popcorn filled her nose.
What is imagery?
A sentence with a hyperbole.
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A sentence with a metaphor
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Exaggeration, describing things as more than they could be.
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What is a metaphor?
Today in the zoo, the bear went moo!
The owl said meow, and the lion bow-wow.
The zebra went quack, in the Aussie Outback,
The giraffe said, "Hiss, what's wrong with this?"
What is onomatopoeia?
A sentence with a simile.
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A sentence using taste imagery.
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Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words next to or near each other.
Alliteration
Short stories about past experiences that an author, speaker, or character in a story tells the reader or audience.
What is an anecdote?
The friendly cow all red and white,
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat with apple-tart
What is End rhyme?
A sentence using imagery.
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Formal voice
An example of formal voice/writing
Words made to mimic the sounds they represent.
What is onomatopoeia?
The black cat's eyes were like two glowing embers of coal in the darkness.
What is figurative language?
Today Mrs. Rubio is like a volcano that could erupt at any moment.
What is a metaphor?
A sentence using onomatopoeia.
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Alliteration
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repetition of vowel sounds in words next to or near each other.
What is assonance?
Yo Mrs.Rubio! O.M.G! The field trip was fiiiireeee!
What is informal voice/writing
It's cold enough to freeze the sun today!
What is a hyperbole?
A sentence using figurative language.
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Write a mini poem using End rhyme
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