https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech Made with an open mind en-us 2017-04-12 04:22:07 UTC 2017-04-12 04:39:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png aria151003 https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech/wish/166014283  Alliteration is the repetition of the beginning sounds of neighboring words. Ex. She sells seashells.

]]> 2017-04-12 04:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech/wish/166014283 aria151003 https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech/wish/166014484 Anaphora is a technique where several phrases (or verses in a poem) begin with the same word or words. 
Ex. I came, I saw, I conquered - Julius Caesar.


]]> 2017-04-12 04:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech/wish/166014484 aria151003 https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech/wish/166014682 Hyperbole uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect. 
Ex. I’ve told you a hundred times.

]]> 2017-04-12 04:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech/wish/166014682 aria151003 https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech/wish/166014830 Metaphor compares two unlike things or ideas.
Ex. Heart of stone.]]> 2017-04-12 04:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech/wish/166014830 aria151003 https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech/wish/166014960 Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like what it is describing.
Ex. Whoosh. ]]> 2017-04-12 04:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech/wish/166014960 aria151003 https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech/wish/166015067 Personification is giving human qualities to non-living things or ideas.
Ex. The flowers danced in the wind.]]> 2017-04-12 04:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aria151003/figuresofspeech/wish/166015067