Showing posts with label figurative language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label figurative language. Show all posts

February 1, 2016

It's Monday. Bet ya didn't know there was gonna be a test. Yup. Evil. #MondayMotivation #amwriting #protip

Monday Motivation . . . Writerly things and stuff.


Without looking at the below defnitions, how many of these can you guess correctly?




Examples of Figurative Language*
*use sparingly for extra flavor


Simile: comparing two things using like or as.
Metaphors: comparing two things without using like or as.
Idioms: expressions not meant to be taken literally.
Analogies: are Blank is to Blank as Blank is to Blank.



For more examples and devices to use in your writing, check out FigurativeLanguage.net


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Want some more motivation? Who doesn't? Check out my other Monday posts.


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Writer's block? Try tequila . . . karen