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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. Simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, . Figurative Language. use of words that go beyond their ordinary meanings. requires you to use your imagination to figure out the author's meaning .

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language Simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole, alliteration,

  2. Figurative Language • use of words that go beyond their ordinary meanings. • requires you to use your imagination to figure out the author's meaning. The clouds were like beds of cotton in the sky

  3. SIMILE- A figure of speech comparing two different things using the words “like” or “as.” After the football game, the boy was so sore he walked like a toy soldier.

  4. METAPHOR- A figure of speech comparing two different things by saying one thing is another. Stars are buttons off the angels’ gowns.

  5. Onomatopoeia- a word or words that imitate a sound On a hot summer day, the clink of the ices cubes make me thirsty.

  6. Personification- Giving human characteristics to things that are not human The moonlight walked across the water!

  7. Hyperbole- Exaggeration is used for emphasis Our teacher is so old, she Probably taught cavemen how to make the wheel.

  8. Alliteration- Repetition of the same consonant sounds. Cop Curt wrote Wanda the Witch a speeding ticket. She was flying and flipping over the fifty-five mile an hour limit.

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