Thursday, April 08, 2010
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Definitions of Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Rhyme, Rhythm
Simile: A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared. Example, 'she is like a rose'.
Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance. Example, 'A mighty fortress is our God.'
Personification: A figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea is represented as a person.
Rhyme: A word agreeing with another in terminal sound. Example, mind and kind.
Rhythm: A patterned repetition of a motif, formal element, at regular or irregular intervals in the same or a modified form.
Source: dictionary.com
-Kemberly
Simile: A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared. Example, 'she is like a rose'.
Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance. Example, 'A mighty fortress is our God.'
Personification: A figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea is represented as a person.
Rhyme: A word agreeing with another in terminal sound. Example, mind and kind.
Rhythm: A patterned repetition of a motif, formal element, at regular or irregular intervals in the same or a modified form.
Source: dictionary.com
-Kemberly
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