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K.W. Reed

K.W. Reed. September,19,2011 Figurative Language Practice. Simile. A simile compares two things using like or as. Example: She is as skinny as a rail. Metaphor. A metaphor compares two things without using like or as. Example: Her hair is a rat’s nest! Example: She is a pig. Hyperbole.

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K.W. Reed

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  1. K.W. Reed September,19,2011 Figurative Language Practice

  2. Simile • A simile compares two things using like or as. • Example: She is as skinny as a rail.

  3. Metaphor • A metaphor compares two things without using like or as. • Example: Her hair is a rat’s nest! • Example: She is a pig.

  4. Hyperbole • A hyperbole uses exaggeration to make a point. • Example: He’s got a gazillion dollars!

  5. Onomatopoeia • An onomatopoeia is a sound word. • Example: When I shot a gun it said bang! • Example: When the banana hit the ground it said splat!

  6. Alliteration • A alliteration is a repetition of being sound. Example: A donkey drowned down the road. Example: A monkey made a moose cry.

  7. Personification • A personification gives nonhuman things human qualities. • Example: The flowers were dancing in the wind when I walked by.

  8. Idiom • Idiom is a well known expression that does not mean what it says. • Example: The early bird gets the worm.

  9. Practice Problems 1.You are a wreck! 2.I am so hungry I could eat a horse! 3.You are old as dirt. 4.Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. 5.The tree danced in the wind with me. 6.When I popped the balloon it went bang! 7.She is as fat as a pig.

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