Answers

Worksheet 1

1. His face smooth and

IMAGERY ageless. ( pg. 27)
Definition:
2. Her voice deep.
The usage of words and phrases to
(pg. 31)
create mental images for the
reader.

METAPHOR Has eaten more salt than you

have eaten rice. (pg. 26)
Definition:
The use of words or phrases to an He was on safe ground now.
object or action to which it is (pg. 32)
imaginatively but not literary
applicable

1. She lifted her eyes to his,

SIMILE
Definition:
A figure of speech comparing two
unlike things, often introduces with
the word like, as, or than
they were as blank as office
windows. (pg. 20)
2. The skin on her face
looked like a fruit left to dry
too long in the sun. (pg. 30)

Numbers were strong, numbers he

REPETITION
Definition:
A figure of speech comparing two
unlike things, often introduces with
the word like, as, or than
could hold on to. (pg. 19)
Dont look at me, look out there!
(pg. 28)
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ASSONANCE Not even then,when.. (pg. 30)

Definition:
Assonance is the repetition of Her face looked like a fruit left to
vowel sounds to create internal dry too long in the sun. (pg. 30)
rhyming within phrases or
sentences

ALLITERATION In a dirty shirt, with no shoes. (pg.

28)
Definition:
A stylistic device in which a number More than anything in the world.
of words, having the same first (pg. 30)
consonant sound, occur close
together in a series