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.