Language features

For writing this week, we were given the task of defining and giving examples of language features that we could include in our description writing.

For example:

Language Feature:	Definition:	Example:
Alliteration	Words that sound or starts with the same letter	She Sells Shells on the Sea Shore
Simile	Comparing an object or person to one thing in particular	That girl is as thin as a piece of string
Metaphor	A figure of speech of an object or person	Timmy is on thin ice/Life's a roller coaster
Cliche	A phrase or opinion that lacks originality	When you have lemons make lemonade
Assonance	A sentence that includes the same vowel in each of the words	How now brown cow
Onomatopoeia	A sound that is converted into words	“Boom”
Irony	Being sarcastic and exaggerating. Meaning one thing but also meaning another.	There are roaches infesting the office of a pest control service Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"