english devices

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Created on: 13-10-16 18:11

what is a metaphor ?

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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what is a simile ?

like or as

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Monologue

an uninterrupted monologue can show a character's importance or state of mind. Monologue can be in speech form, delivered in front of other characters and having great thematic importance, or as a soliloquy where we see the character laying bare thei

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Onomatopoeia

a word that sounds like the noise it is describing: 'splash', 'bang', 'pop', 'hiss'.

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Personification

attributing a human quality to a thing or idea: the moon calls me to her darkened world.

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