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Authors use figurative language to make their writing come alive. It helps us see, feel, and understand things in a fresh, exciting way.
A metaphor compares two different things by saying one thing IS the other. For example, saying 'the classroom was a zoo' means it was wild and noisy.
Personification gives human qualities to non-human things. For example, saying 'the wind whispered' makes the wind feel like a quiet friend talking to us.
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Read this sentence: 'The angry sun glared down at the dry, dusty desert.' Explain how the author uses figurative language here to create a mood.
- Find the non-human object in the sentence. Here, the object is the sun.
- Identify the human action or feeling given to it. The sentence says the sun is 'angry' and 'glared'.
- Recognize the type of figurative language. Giving human feelings like anger to the sun is personification.
- Explain the effect. By making the sun seem angry, the author helps us feel how hot, harsh, and uncomfortable the desert is.
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