Simile: Directly comparing two things using “like” or “as”
The boys scurry about the beach like stranded ants
Metaphor: Directly comparing two things and saying that they are the same “are” “is” (“The clouds are floating sheep”)
fire is salvation, safety, and society
Personification: Giving an inanimate object a personality, describing it using human/animal features or actions(“The mountain presides over the beach, watching for intruders”)
Onomatopoeia: A word that makes you think of a distinctive sound, like “boom” “crash” “woof”
BOOM went the rock against the cliff on it’s deadly journey.
Alliteration: Words that start with the same letter, not to be confused with rhyme (Ethan Eats Extremely Egalitarian Elitist Extremists)
Assonance: also known as rhyme, where words nearby each other have similar sounds.
(jack attacks the packs black back shack
Rule of three:
The conch is a symbol of Hope, Society and Democracy
Hyperbole: exaggerations to amplify something that are meant not to be take literally
Thousands of savages swarmed out onto the beach after Ralph
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