It Figures!: Fun Figures of Speech
by Marvin Terban · illustrated by Giulio Maestro
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It Figures!
A lively, clear guide for young writers seeking to make their sentences more descriptive, vivid, and fun.
An introduction to six common figures of speech -- metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, personification, alliteration, and hyperbole -- with guidelines for their use and numerous illustrative examples.
The chapters provide practical distinctions between figurative devices and standard parts of speech, illustrating how fresh comparisons replace stale clichés.
Each section includes writing exercises and models from literature, showing young writers how to enliven descriptions without overdoing dramatic effects.
- Literary Devices: Clear guidance contrasts similes and metaphors, warning young writers against mixed pictures like swimming a mountain of schoolwork.
- Onomatopoeia: Sound-mimicking words from comic books and classic verse demonstrate how forty-four English sounds capture everyday noises.
- Alliteration: Tongue twisters, historical names, and presidential initials show how repeated initial sounds create memorable phrases without overdoing the effect.
- Also by This Author: In a Pickle, Eight Ate and Too Hot to Hoot.
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- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Author
- Marvin Terban
- Format
- Paperback
- Published
- Oct 18, 1993
- ISBN-13
- 9780395665916
- ISBN-10
- 0395665914
- Pages
- 64
- Illustrator
- Giulio Maestro
- Carton quantity
- 50 copies
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