The power of figurative language and punctuation ( by Nanda)

Introduction

Figurative language and punctuation

 

Figurative language is an amazingly useful thing to use, especially for stories. But it can be very confusing in some cases, for example:

the tree shook, angrily in the wind

Is this a simile or a metaphor? It's neither. It is a personification. Some of you might already know this but there are also some punctuation mistakes like

missing of capitals,  no need of commas,  and miss of full stops.

The tree shook angrily in the wind.

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Task

You must make a small poem about the country/outback

Rhymes do not need to be included in the poem, but the poem must include at least three of these figurative language: metaphors, similes, oxymoron, onomatopoeia,  personification, paradox and/or hyperbole.

It would be good to have a paragraph.

Process

As most of these things are hard to find and you might not know what it actually means, here are some websites you might want to consider to help

metaphors: http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/figures-metaphor.htm

personification: http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/figures-similes-list.htm

paradox: https://www.wordnik.com/words/paradox

onomatopoeia: http://www.onomatopoeialist.com/

oxymoron: http://www.jimwegryn.com/Words/Oxymora.htm

hyperbole: https://www.wordnik.com/words/hyperbole