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"n Metaphors  Comparing two words WITHOUT using the words like or as. For example 'A broken heart', which means you are very sad, but your heart has not literally broken into pieces. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGJu6LzUfYM Alliteration Alliteration occurs when a series of words all start with the same letter or sound. Alliteration is also known as a tongue twister. An example of alliteration is 'Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze. That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.' from Dr Seuss' book 'A Fox in Socks' Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGJu6LzUfYM Onomatopeia  Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the sound it is describing.  Crash, creak and bang are all examples of onomatopoeia Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1b5kCvVBo8 Personification Personification is the act of giving an in animate object (e.g. a kettle) a human personality. For example, 'The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow'. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGJu6LzUfYM Similes  A simile compares two things using the words like or as. For example, 'Working like a dog', means working very hard. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWDSxmMo9Z0 "

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