A simile is different from a simple comparison in that it usually compares two unrelated things. For example, “She looks like you” is a comparison but not a simile. On the other hand, “She smiles like the sun” is a simile, as it compares a woman with something of a different kind...
Your child's KS2 poetry classes might include analysis of kennings, two-word phrases characteristic of Anglo-Saxon poetry. We explain what this literary device is and how your child might read and write kennings in the primary-school classroom. What is a kenning? Kennings are often used in ...
New Horizon College English BOOK 2 (3rd Edition) Unit 1 Text A Ex .l Understanding the text 1、Be au se he is tired o f listening to his father and he is not interested in gramm ar rules. 2 、Th e ivilization o f Gree e and the glory o f Roman ar hite ture are so m arvel...
What figure of speech is used in the sentence “Life is a journey”?男婴8个月，腹泻4d，每天十多次水样便，12h无尿，呼吸深大，前囟、眼窝明显凹陷，皮肤弹性很差，四肢冰凉入院。血钠120mmol／L，血钾4mmol／L，COCP11mmol／L。脱水纠正，尿量中等，出现心音低钝、腹胀，血钠135mmol／L，应考虑...