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Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Oxymoron
Antithesis
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Language that appeals to the senses.
Descriptions of people or objects
stated in terms of our senses.
• Sight
• Hearing
• Touch
• Taste
• Smell
Simile
A figure of speech which involves a
direct comparison between two unlike
things, usually with the words ‘like’ or
‘as’.
Example: The muscles on his brawny
arms are strong as iron bands.
Simile Examples Romeo & Juliet
"My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite."
(Act 2 Scene 2)
Juliet is talking to Romeo, and she is saying how she wishes that
she could tell him that she loves him again and again