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A simile compares two unrelated objects. The words like, as, than or resembles are often used in these comparisons. Several examples are given below.
The pepper burned his throat like an inferno.
The pavement was hot as a frying pan.
We were hotter than boiling water.
The company resembles a well-oiled machine.
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A metaphor directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects. The word is often is used within the comparison.
The world is a stage.
Life is a game.
According to Dictionary.com, “adverbs typically express some relation of place, time, manner, attendant circumstance, degree, cause, inference, result, condition, exception, concession, purpose, or means.” To state it more simply an adverb modifies a verb and usually ends in ly. Think of an adverb as an adjective and verb joined together.
The following are examples:
The boy ran [...]
According to Answers.com a verb is, “the part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence.” Examples of existence are the words WAS, AM, and ARE. JUMP, RUN, DRIVE, and WRITE are a few action words. A verb of occurrence states that something exists. Several examples are [...]
A word that imitates the sound it describes.
Examples:
Buzz, whack, burp, and hiss.
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence and usually indicates a temporal (time), spatial or logical relationship of an object to the rest of the sentence. The word or phrase introduced by the preposition is the object of the preposition.
Example:
The ball was under the car.
The cat is behind [...]
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words.
Example:
Kate dropped a red glass on the hard floor. Red and hard are adjectives.
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Nouns refer to persons, places, things, states, or qualities.
A word used as a substitute for a noun or noun phrase and the word to which it refers is named or understood in the context.
Example:
Jason waved as he jumped into the pool. Jason is the noun and the word he is the pronoun
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A word, phrase, or clause that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later, or occasionally earlier, in the same or in another, usually subsequent, sentence.
Example:
Maria lost a glove and she can’t find it. Maria is the antecedent of she and glove is the antecedent of it.
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