Assignment: Vocab Week 2

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 9-A (H)
2022-11-21T17:07:13Z

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Vocabulary Week 2

1. Simile: A comparison between two things using the words like or as

As cold as ice

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are gonna get.”

“My mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun.” (Shakespeare, Sonnet 130)

1. Metaphor: A direct comparison between two things, without using “like” or “as”

He is a pig.

A sea of faces

1. Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.

She sells seashells by the sea shore.

Vocabulary Week 2

1. Simile: A comparison between two things using the words like or as

As cold as ice

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are gonna get.”

“My mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun.” (Shakespeare, Sonnet 130)

1. Metaphor: A direct comparison between two things, without using “like” or “as”

He is a pig.

A sea of faces

1. Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.

She sells seashells by the sea shore.