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Author's Craft Techniques - Examples

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Simile
using like or as to make a comparison
Metaphor
a direct comparison of two different things without the use of like or as
Personification
When a non-living object or animal is spoken of as though it is a person
Hyperbole
an exaggeration for purposeful effect, it is not to be taken literally
Imagery
descriptive language that appeals to the reader's senses :touch, smell, sound, taste, and sight
Figurative Language
language that is not literal.
alliteration
repeating consonant sounds within a line or phrase
onomatopoeia
a word that imitates the sound it makes
author's craft
The way in which an author writes in order to make it more effective for the reader
The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face.
metaphor
She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.
metaphor
His cotton candy words did not appeal to her taste.
metaphor
She cut him down with her words.
metaphor
Laughter is the music of the soul.
metaphor
Let your eyes drink up that milkshake sky.
metaphor
My heart swelled with a sea of tears.
metaphor
Charlie gazed hopelessly at the endless pile of bills stretching across the counter.
hyperbole
That was the easiest question in the world.
hyperbole
I can smell pizza from a mile away.
hyperbole
My dad is always working.
hyperbole
Patty drank from a bottomless glass of Kool-Aid.
hyperbole
The lesson was taking forever.
hyperbole
I've seen this movie at least 80,000 times.
hyperbole
Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.
personification
Money is the only friend that I can count on.
personification
The cactus saluted any visitor brave enough to travel the scorched land.
personification
Jan ate the hotdog despite how it argued with her digestive system.
personification
The world does not care to hear your sad stories.
personification
Peggy heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name.
personification
The sorry engine wheezed its death cough.
personification
These casinos are always hungry enough to eat your dinner.
personification
He sang a lonely song to the moonlight.
personification
The candle flame danced in the dark.
personification
"Food?" Chris inquired, popping out of his seat like a toaster strudel.
simile
Grandpa lounged on the raft in the middle of the pool like an old battleship.
simile
The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue.
simile
Alan's jokes were like flat soda to the children, surprisingly unpleasant.
simile
The handshake felt like warm laundry.
simile
The classroom was as quiet as a tongue-tied librarian in a hybrid car.
simile
Erin cooked cupcakes in the kitchen.
alliteration
He dunked the delicious donut in dairy creamer.
alliteration
I forgot my flip phone but felt free.
alliteration
When the tests were distributed, the guys grimaced and groaned.
alliteration
I reached under the desk and grabbed the gross gum.
alliteration
The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum.
onomatopoeia
The dishes fell to the floor with a clatter.
onomatopoeia
Her heels clacked on the hardwood floor.
onomatopoeia
The root beer fizzed over the top of the mug.
onomatopoeia
The flag flapped in wind.
onomatopoeia
idiom
A commonly used expression that is not literal but the meaning is known to most people
The ball is in your court.
idiom
She was the best thing since sliced bread.
idiom
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
idiom
Every cloud has a silver lining.
idiom
repetition
When a word or phrase is repeated, for effect.
'To the swinging and the ringing
of the bells, bells, bells-
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells, bells, bells-
To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!'
repetition
"And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep."
repetition
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
repetition
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