This document provides insights to all figures of speech that can be tested, particularly in the IEB. It provides a guideline as to how you should structure your answers according to each figure of speech
1) Simile: compares two ideas/concepts using the words “like” or “as”
- Creates visual imagery of message
- Connects ideas and emotions
- Understood more clearly, captures attention
2) Metaphor: compares two ideas/concepts
- Creates visual imagery that is easier to understand
- Conveys emotions and impressions
- Creates a sense of connection and empathy so the reader can understand at
a deeper level
3) Personification: gives human characteristics to inanimate objects
- Adds an element of relatability to things that would otherwise be lifeless
- Creates a connection, more vivid imagery so readers understand better
4) Alliteration: similar sounding consonants in consecutive words
- Add emphasis on a certain aspect
- Adds more mood or emotion
- Creates a rhythm to draw further attention
5) Assonance: similar sounding vowels in consecutive words
- Same as alliteration
6) Onomatopoeia: words that imitate sounds
- Helps the author describe more accurately
- Draws attention to a certain aspect/message by making it more lively
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