By: Laurin Endres and Joe Smoe

Figurative Language in Dark Emperor by Joyce

Sidman

Alliteration

"The night's a sea of dappled dark"

Alliteration because both of the world start with the same letter, "d."

The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a s

Personification

"As nighttime rustles at my knee, I stand in silent gravity and quietly continue chores of feeding leaves and sealing pores."

The tree can't actually do chores. A figure of speech in which human

characteristics are given

 

Simile

"Evening unfolds like a primrose, pale and scented."

Uses the world "like" A simile uses the words “like” or

“as”to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.

References Used

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