Devices: Figurative Language Flashcards
1
Q
how does it enhance the understanding of reading
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- figurative language can be important and impactful
- it creates images that couldn’t be created otherwise
2
Q
similes and metaphors are examples of
A
figurative language
3
Q
simile
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- when i have trouble, you are like a lighthouse on the shore
- you are to me as water is to the river
4
Q
metaphor
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- comparison of two things without using like or as
- her smile is sunshine on a summer’s day
