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Academic Lang.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Compare/Contrast
Analyze
Create
Infer
Lit Terms
Symbolism
Tone and Mood
Theme
Imagery
Characterization
Conflict
Irony
Figurative Language
Prezis
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Figurative language
is
language
in which figures of speech (such as metaphors, similes, and hyperbole) freely occur.
Metaphor: Comparing two things not using like or as
Example:
Our lives are grapes, bitter and sweet.
Simile: Comparing two things using like or as.
Example:
The fog curled over the tombstones like locks of hair.
Hyperbole is an exaggeration is used to create a strong effect.
Example: I can smell pizza from a mile away.
Alliteration -
repetition of initial consonant sounds
.
Example: She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Personification -
a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
Example: The sun peeked through the clouds.