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  • “ These modern hotels are built like boxes of bricks.” is an example of...
    Simile/ Alliteration
  • What is a simile?
    A comparison between two things using like or as.
  • "Good grief!" is an example of...
    Alliteration
  • “ (...) my brain was whizzing (...)” is an example of...
    Onomatopoeia
  • What is alliteration?
    Literary device in which a series of words begin with the same consonant sound
  • What is repetition?
    Intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work.
  • “ I took off like a flash.” is an example of...
    Simile
  • “ She was staring at me with eyes as bright as two stars.” is an example of...
    Simile
  • " supplies of that foul formula" is an example of...
    Alliteration
  • “Tap, tap, tap, I went on the door” is an example of...
    Onomatopoia/ Repetition
  • What is an onomatopoeia?
    A word that sounds like what it is describing.
  • “ The filthy old cow! (...) I’ll get her for this!” is an example of...
    Metaphor
  • " Hurry, hurry, hurry! Search the room!" is an example of...
    Repetition
  • “ she (...) became suddenly as stiff as a marble statue.” is an example of...
    Simile
  • What is a metaphor?
    A metaphor describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, stating that one thing is another thing.
  • “ I ran like the wind down the corridor.” is an example of...
    Simile
  • "Miles below, the children playing on the beach were the size of beetles."
    Meatphor
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