Because Lit is Lit

What is a Simile?

• It's like using a word to describe the scenery of a place.

• Is a word used to create an image that is not there.

• I don't know....

• The comparision of two things using the words "like" or "as"

What happened to Maria's house?

• She burnt down her house.

• The children burnt down the house because they didn't want to stay home.

• Her house burnt down.

• Her husband secretly burnt down the house and saved the children to teach her lesson.

Why did Maria leave her children in the house ?

A comparison made without using the words " like" or "as."

Draw an example of an oxymoron.

I'm a hyperbole of course.

• I'm over dramatic

• I over romanticize everything I say.

• You should take everything I say with a grain of salt.

• I am the only opinion you need

" She sells seashells at the seashore." is an example of a/an:

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Pathetic Fallacy

• Assonance