{"id":52193,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/what-is-a-metaphor-simile-hyperbole-irony-alliteration-and-imagery"},"modified":"2017-08-16T12:40:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T12:40:45","slug":"what-is-a-metaphor-simile-hyperbole-irony-alliteration-and-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/what-is-a-metaphor-simile-hyperbole-irony-alliteration-and-imagery\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a metaphor, simile, hyperbole, irony, alliteration, and imagery?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>** This answer is long<\/p>\n<p>A <b>metaphor<\/b> is a thing that is symbolic of something else, especially abstract. <\/p>\n<p>*Usually creates a comparison <b>without<\/b> using like or as<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The English assignment was a breeze.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This implicates that the assignment was very easy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; My mom was boiling mad.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This implicates that she is very mad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A <b>simile<\/b> compares two things using like or as<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Soldiers are <b>as<\/b> brave <b>as<\/b> lions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This use of a simile compares the braveness of a soldier to that of a lion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A <b>hyperbole<\/b> is extreme exaggeration. <\/p>\n<p>*Not to be confused with similes and metaphors because hyperbole&#8217;s do not make comparisons, they just create an overstatement that cannot be taken seriously<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; My grandmother is as old as dirt.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Though you may think this is a simile, it is not. This is a hyperbole because it is an exaggeration, and therefore cannot be taken seriously<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Irony<\/b> is used to contradict what one says and what one does, or what one says and its literal meaning (sarcasm)<\/p>\n<p>*It&#8217;s usually used to create suspense<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The teacher passed back the exams. When Jamie received her exam, she exclaimed, &#8220;Oh, great!&#8221;. At the corner of the page held a big red F.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is an example of irony because though Jamie exclaims, &#8220;Oh, great!&#8221;, she&#8217;s contradicting what is her test score actually is, which isn&#8217;t so great. In other words, she was being sarcastic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Alliteration<\/b> is the repetition of a single letter at the beginning of words in a sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <b>P<\/b> eter <b>P<\/b> iper <b>p<\/b> icked a <b>p<\/b> eck of <b>p<\/b> ickled <b>p<\/b> eppers &#8211; <b>S<\/b> he <b>s<\/b> ells <b>s<\/b> eashells by the <b>s<\/b> eashore<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These sentences are nursery rhymes also known as tongue twisters because they start the words within the sentence begin with the same letter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Imagery<\/b> is visually descriptive language using the 5 senses<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The <b>red blazing sun<\/b> shone <b>bright<\/b> throughout the <b>wide pale blue sky<\/b> over the <b>rich green grass.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This example of imagery appeals to the sense of sight by stating colors of specific .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>** This answer is long A metaphor is a thing that is symbolic of something else, especially abstract. *Usually creates a comparison without using like or as Example: &#8211; The English assignment was a breeze. 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