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✍️ Literary Devices
Figurative Language
Simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole — tools writers use to create vivid, powerful writing
Greece 🌍 350 BC Literary Devices
Key Facts
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Simile: direct comparison using "like" or "as" — "life is like a box of chocolates"
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Metaphor: implied comparison — "life is a journey"; Personification: giving human qualities to non-human things
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Hyperbole: extreme exaggeration for effect; Onomatopoeia: buzz, crash, sizzle; Alliteration: repeated consonant sounds
📖 Did you know? "All the world's a stage" (Shakespeare) — one of the most famous metaphors; it reframes all of human life as a theatrical performance
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Category
Literary Devices
Country
🌍 Greece
Year / Era
350 BC
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Simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole — tools writers use to create vivid, powerful writing