EOC Literary Terms Poetry Writing Metaphor or - Comparison of two unlike things without using speech 'like' or 'as.' Example: Juliet is the sun” Language exaggerated Hyperbole - Exaggerating or stretching the for literary for effect effect. Example: My shoes are killing me (not Simile - A comparison of two unlike things using the word to be taken literally) 'like' or 'as.' Example: Love is like a rose.” Personification - Giving human characteristics to non-human things. Example: The leaves kissed the tree.
EOC Literary Terms Poetry Language Writing or speech exaggerated for effect (not to be taken literally) Metaphor - Comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.' Example: Juliet is the sun” Hyperbole - Exaggerating or stretching the for literary effect. Example: My shoes are killing me Simile - A comparison of two unlike things using the word 'like' or 'as.' Example: Love is like a rose.” Personification - Giving human characteristics to non-human things. Example: The leaves kissed the tree.
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