What do these words mean?
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Resolution
When I’m out of school for 2 months I forget stuff and I have to do summer reading and it’s entry questions this time and these words happen to be on it and I don’t remember..
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A simile is a comparison using such words as “like” or “as.” “Your lips are like red, red rubies.” (no imagination here! 🙁 )
A hyperbole is exaggeration…USED FOR EMPHASIS OR EFFECT. Like shouting. “Your lips have the taste of ruby grapefruits.” (hmm, not good!)
Alliteration is when the first several letters of a string of words match. “Kind kisses kindle me.” “Do drop dead, David!”
(vowels are okay, too)
Onomatopoeia are words that imitate the sound of the word they refer to: “buzz, murmur, honk…”
Resolution is the wrap up of the whole whatever-you’re- working on, OR: ‘a course of action determined or decided on.’ (Kind of the same? Not.)
There y’go, prob’ly hours after others. Oh, well, I started out when no one else was here…
Simile: Flies like a butterfly and stings like a bee (Muhammad Ali)
Metaphor: The plain Jane was an ugly duckling who turned into a beautiful swan.
Hyperbole is making an impossible statement, exaggerating for effect. Example: This detergent washes whiter than white.
Alliteration is repeating the same sound for stylistic effect. Examples: The snake slithered silently. The swan swam serenely.
Onomatopoeia is using written words to represent sounds that are not words. Example: The horse’s hooves went clippety-clop.
Resolution: Not quite sure, but I think this means how the conflict in a story is “resolved” (how it comes out in the end). Probably similar to denouement or climax.
simile – a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, generally using like or as.
hyperbole – an exaggeration that, while not intended to be taken literally, still describes a situation or image that is at least feasible or possible.
Alliteration – The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: –
Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. -Milton.
Fly o’er waste fens and windy fields. -Tennyson.
Onomatopoeia – The property of a word of sounding like what it represents or the coining of a word in imitation of a sound.
Resolution – A formal statement adopted by an assembly or a statement of intent, a vow (often New Year’s resolution).
i suppose this will help you for sure. good luck dear !
Simile – a comparison of two unlike things using like or as – for example: Sue flits through life like a moth in a room of candles compares Sue to a delicate, fluttering moth which is drawn to fire and raises an image of both delight and confusion, perhaps also mindlessness and upcoming death or failure. Like a metaphor, a simile can seem obvious, but it is usually telling you something about a character or setting if you are willing to dig a little deeper.
Hyperbole – an obvious and unrealistic exaggeration – for example: His gaping jaw could hold a flock of the King’s fattest sheep indicates excess and perhaps a fearful or highly imaginative narrative focus. A good way to identify hyperbole is to ask yourself the old tall-tale question: Just how [tall, wide, hungry, lazy, angry…] was he/she/it?
Alliteration – The repetition of sound within a line of poetry (or prose). We will watch for two types of alliteration:
assonance – the repetition of vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u, ou, ea, etc.) – “I wore a fleecy green jacket easy and tall.”
consonance – is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words within a line of poetry – “Slanting silver slits of rain.”
Onomatopoeia – use of a word which sounds like it means – for example: plunk, zip, buzz, bong, zap all have meaning which is reinforced by the sound of the word. Repetition of onomatopoeic words is used by authors to create a mood or tone and to convey sense impressions (e.g. motion, touch, sound)
I’m not sure what context you’re using “resolution
Simile– A word or phrase to say something is like somehting else. “Her eyes are like stars.”
Hyperbole– An exageration that si not to be taken seriously. “This book weighs a ton!”
Alliteration– The repetion of the same sounds at the beginning of words in a sentance. “She sells sea shells by the sea shore.”
Onomatopoeia– Writing a word that is a sound. “Bang! Buzz! Woosh!”
Resolution– To resolve or determine to do something. “The resolution is clear.”
Simile-Compares two things USING like or as. [Ex: Her eyes are Like the morning sunshine.]
Hyperbole-Exaggerating something on purpose. [[Ex: Im so hungry I could eat a horse]
Alliteration- Words beginning with the same letter. [Ex: Sarah, stay silent.]
Onomatopoeia- sounds in poetry like “Clap” etc.
Resolution- syllable replacement: the substitution of a long syllable for two short ones in the rhythm of a line of poetry
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metaphor means describing something without the use of any words such as like or as.
Alliteration :- recurrence of a letter in the last words of each lines in a poem.
onomotopoeia:- words formed from sounds.
eg., buzz, cuckoo etc..
“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you will not have to listen to his incessant whining about how hungry he is.”
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