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Devices
name literary devices
Question | Answer |
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What are literary devices? | Literary devices are used to enhance a literary piece. Eg. Simile |
What is a simile? | A simile compares two things using as or like. Eg. The woman's hair was a red as a cock's comb. |
How is a metaphor different from a simile? | A metaphor does not compare, it gives the impression that one thing is the other. eg. Time is a bird. |
What is Personification? | Personification is giving human characteristics to inanimate things. eg. The canefield shimmers and sways in the midday breeze. |