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Introduction . Figurative Language. Metaphors describe one thing as if it were something else. Her eyes were saucers, wide with expectation . Similes us like or as to compare two unlike things. Her hair glistened in the rain, like a nose hair after a sneeze.

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  1. Introduction Figurative Language

  2. Metaphors describe one thing as if it were something else. Her eyes were saucers, wide with expectation.

  3. Similes us like or as to compare two unlike things. Her hair glistened in the rain, like a nose hair after a sneeze.

  4. Onomatopoeiais the use of words that imitate sounds, like POW!

  5. Personification gives human qualities to something nonhuman. The clarinets sang.

  6. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, as in feathered friend.

  7. Hyperboleis an extreme exaggeration used to make a point.

  8. Idiomis an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of its individual words.

  9. Symbol is an object, person, or thing that stands for an idea.

  10. Understatementis a statement that is weakened to convey a stronger meaning.

  11. Cliché is an expression or phrase used so often it becomes stale and loses meaning.

  12. Imageryis a vivid description that includes details that appeal to the senses.

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