Question

Define alliteration, metaphor, simile, personification, and ontomatopoeia IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Answer 1

Alliteration - similar letters or sounds at the beginning of a word in a sentence(s)

Metaphor - a comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as'

Simile - a comparison USING 'like' or 'as'

Personification - giving human qualities to inanimate things

Onomatopoeia - referred to as extreme exaggeration.

Answer 2

Alliteration - Contains the same letter or sound at the beginning of each word.

Example: Big brown bear bought books.

Metaphor - Similarities between objects WITHOUT using like or as.

Example: You are my sunshine.

Simile - A comparison between two things using like or as.

Example: He is as lazy as a cat.

Personification - Giving objects human characteristics.

Example: The flowers danced in the wind.

Onomatopoeia - Words that sound like you say them.

Example: The thunder went BOOM.

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