- Use a little figurative language to add interest to your story.
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Alliteration
- Onomatopoeia
Simile:
- Comparison between two unlike things that have something in common using like or as
- Examples
- It's been a hard day's night and I've been working like a dog. - The Beatles
- My heart is like an open highway. - Jon Bon Jovi
- as hungry as a bear
- as nutty as a fruitcake
- as quick as lightning
Metaphor:
- Comparison between two unlike things that have something in common without using like or as
- Examples
- Patty was a raging tiger when she lost her lunch money.
- During the night the forest was a dark, frightening battlefield.
Alliteration:
- Repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
- Examples
- down in the dumps
- do or die
- right as rain
- sink or swim
- pay the price
- back to the basics
- green as grass
- live the life
Onomatopoeia:
- The imitation of natural sounds in word form. These words help us form mental pictures about the things, people, or places that are described
- Examples
- buzz
- hiss
- roar
- woof
- bang
- pop
- hiss
- sizzle
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