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Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way  \nfrom Daffodils by William Wordsworth  \nSimile  \n• a comparison of two things that are essentially different, using the words like or as  \n• Example  \no O my love is like a red, red rose  \nfrom Robert Burn’s “A Red, Red Rose”  \nMetaphor   \n• a subtle comparison in which an author describes a person or thing using words that are not meant to be taken literally  \n• Examples—  \nAll the world's a stage,  \nAnd all the men and women merely players:  \nThey have their exits and their  \nentrances  \nfrom As You Like It by William Shakespeare  \nExtended Metaphor  \n• a metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work, especially a poem—comparison can be made to something else not mentioned in the poem  \n• Example—  \no Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost  \nExtended Metaphor  \nNothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost  \nNature's first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour.  \nThen leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief,  \nSo dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.  \nComparison= life to a sunrise  \nPersonification  \n• figurative language in which nonhuman things or abstractions are represented as having human qualities  \n• Example—  \no Necessity is the mother of all invention.","cbCaiofhHJHs5ROO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiofhHJHs5ROO","pdf",2963625,42,"English","# Figurative Language\n## Imagery/Sensory Language\n## Simile\n## Metaphor\n## Extended Metaphor\n## Personification","[{\"question\":\"What is figurative language and why isn’t it taken literally?\",\"answer\":\"Figurative language uses wording that is not meant to be interpreted word for word. It helps create deeper meaning and effects in a text.\"},{\"question\":\"How does imagery or sensory language affect a reader?\",\"answer\":\"Imagery/sensory language uses language to create mental images and sensory impressions. 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