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Jamie Pata , Jessie Newcomb September 19, 2011

Jamie Pata , Jessie Newcomb September 19, 2011. Figurative Language PowerPoint. Simile . Simile-using like or as to compare 2 things. ex: Jessie is funnier than Larry the Cable Guy. Metaphor. Metaphor-comparing 2 things without using like

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Jamie Pata , Jessie Newcomb September 19, 2011

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  1. Jamie Pata, Jessie NewcombSeptember 19, 2011 Figurative Language PowerPoint

  2. Simile Simile-using like or as to compare 2 things. ex: Jessie is funnier than Larry the Cable Guy.

  3. Metaphor Metaphor-comparing 2 things without using like or as; something is something else ex: When Jamie won the lottery ticket, he was rolling in dough.

  4. Hyperbole Hyperbole-Using exaggeration to make a point ex: The poor boy is as skinny as a pencil.

  5. Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia-sound words:bang, tick tock ex:The car’s tires squealed down the road.

  6. Alliteration Alliteration-repetition of beginning sound ex: Mary Mack made me mad.

  7. Personification Personification-giving human qualities to something not human ex: The trees were dancing in the wind in my backyard.

  8. Idiom Idiom- a well known expression that does not mean what it says ex: My parents told me to hold my horses when I got too excited.

  9. Practice Problems Which word means sound? Which word means an expression that does not mean what it says? Which word means using exaggeration to make a point? Which word means something not human being given human qualities? Which word means using like or as to compare 2 things? Which word means the repetition of beginning sound? Which word means comparing 2 things without like or as?

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