Lesson 2.04 Investing in Emotions

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When you are writing, it is much more fun to add figurative language because doing so helps writing come alive. Literal writing is boring and drab because the words function exactly as they are defined. However, you must figure out what figurative language means.

Look at the definitions and examples below.

Investing in Emotions
TERM	DEFINITION	EXAMPLE
Metaphor	A direct comparison of two physical objects not usually associated.	Her hair was liquid silver in the moonlight.
Simile	A direct metaphorical comparison using like or as.	Her hair shined like silver.
Onomatopoeia	Describes words which sound like what they signify.	Buzz, peck, ooze, flutter, whisper, trudge, dawdle, leap, and cringe.
Alliteration	The repetition within a line or verse, or throughout a poem, of particular consonant sounds.	A marvelous humming met my ears.
Personification	A description of an inanimate object or creature as if it had human qualities.	The raccoon laughed at me as it finished off the last of my biscuit.
Hyperbole	Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect.	I'll love you forever. I'll give you a bazillion dollars.
Understatement	An expression with less strength than expected (the opposite of hyperbole).	I'll be there in half a second.
Oxymoron	When two words are put together that contradict each other; opposites.	jumbo shrimp; freezer burn, pretty ugly, awfully good
Idiom	An expression peculiar to a language that takes on a meaning or meanings different from that of the individual parts of the expression.	"To have a sweet tooth" means "to have a taste for foods made with sugar as an ingredient."