Personification: When you describe an object or phrase which is not human has a characteristic of a human. Time flies by.

Anthropomorphic: Giving a non-human or animal human features. In Peter Rabbit, Peter wears clothes.

Simile: A way of comparing things or saying something is like another. He is as strong as an ox.

Metaphor: A way of saying an action or thing is represented as something else which is relevant but literal. (A bit like sarcasm) Life is a roller-coaster.

Assonance: Is when two or more words are close to each other and have the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds. You could say this is kind of rhyming.  He went here and there and everywhere.

Sibilance: Words which produce a kind of hissing noise. The words usually have an ‘s’ in it.  She sells seashells by the seashore.

Allegory: A story, poem or picture which can be interpreted differently to find a hidden meaning about what it really is also trying to tell you. Fables have this. In Animal Farm the animals on a farm were used to describe the overthrow of the Communist Revolution of Russia. It was showing how powerful people can change the society as well as how everyone is equal but a few will always be more than the others.

 

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