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Literary Device • simile 직유법 It is a comparison between two unlike things using ‘like’ or ‘as.’ It helps readers understand something better by saying it is similar to something else. • hyperbole 과장법 It is a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis. Literary Focus A Examine the following pictures to understand what simile and hyperbole are. B Mark S for simile and H for hyperbole in the . I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: 「 Daffodils 」 by WilliamWordsworth Your teeth are like stars ; They come out at night. They come back at dawn When they’re ready to bite. 「 Your Teeth 」 by Denise Rodgers I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you Till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street, 「 As I Walked Out One Evening 」 by W.H. Auden simile hyperbole My Dog is Dirty Socks as Smelly as I’m drowning in homework. (1) (2) (3) POEM–1 38 I LESSON 2 Poetry