Similes and Alliteration (english project)

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a project on the figurative uses of simile and alliteration

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Similes

By: Kathryn Pierson

The comparison between two unlike objects with the use of like or as.

Metaphors are very different; they don’t use like or as.

A B

A B

Life is like a sunset; the most beautiful moments are the briefest.

Feathers are as soft

as silk.

Remember: similes use like or as; metaphors

do not.

Alliteration

By Coleen Roche

Repetitionof same sounds

Susan simmered cilantro in Sacramento.

Michele made macaroons with Meredith at midnight.

Joan walked along the beach at sunset.

NOT ALLITERATION!

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