🎭 Figures of Speech

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📘 Définition

Figures of speech are techniques used to make writing more expressive, vivid, and imaginative.

✏ Exemple

This man is as strong as a lion. (simile) • The moon watches over the city. (personification)

🧠 À retenir

Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Hyperbole

✅ Points clés

  • • A simile compares two things using words such as 'like' or 'as'.
  • • A metaphor compares without using comparison words.
  • • Personification gives human traits to objects or ideas.
  • • Hyperbole deliberately exaggerates reality.
  • • Figures of speech are common in literature and poetry.

❌ Erreurs fréquentes

  • • Confusing similes and metaphors.
  • • Failing to identify exaggeration.
  • • Thinking personification only applies to animals.

💡 Astuce

Look for expressions that seem exaggerated or highly imaginative.