Literary Devices

• Simile-a comparison using like or as.

• as precise as a surgeon
• as wise as an owl
• as cunning as a fox

• Metaphor- a comparison not using like or as.

• an old flame
• chill out
• her soft was music to her ears

• Personification- to give an object human characteristics.

• the video camera observed the whole sceen
• the rain kissed my cheeks as it fell
• wind yells while blowing

• Hyperbole- type of speech in  which exaggeration is used to show emphasis.

• he's 900 years old
• i ate the whole cow
• it took light years for this to work

• Idiom- is an expression, word, or phrase that has figurative meaning.

• throw in the towel
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