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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. By: Brenden Politte. Metaphor: a comparison using not like or as . Example 1: His room was a junk pile. Example 2: At sunset, the horizon was a thin golden line. This room was a junk pile. Explanation: Dirty room.

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language By: Brenden Politte

  2. Metaphor: a comparison using not like or as • Example 1: His room was a junk pile. • Example 2: At sunset, the horizon was a thin golden line.

  3. This room was a junk pile.Explanation: Dirty room.

  4. At sunset, the horizon was a thin golden line.Explanation: Pretty sunset.

  5. Simile: a comparison using like or as • Example 1: The baby's skin was like a rose petal. • Example 2: My brother is as sneaky as a rat.

  6. The baby's skin was smooth as a rose petal.Explanation: Smooth.

  7. My brother was sneaky as a rat.Explanation: Sneaky

  8. Alliteration: Repeating the same sound. • Example 1: Rabbits running over roses. • Example 2: His dark eyes dared me with danger.

  9. Rabbits run on roses. Explanation: Running fast.

  10. Her dark eyes dared me with danger. Explanation: She is mad.

  11. Onomatopoeia: A word that describes another word. • Example 1: The bacon was sizzling in the frying pan. • Example 2: The bee went buzzing by the flower.

  12. The bacon was sizzling in the pan.Explanation: The bacon was hot. .

  13. Personification: Comparing to a human • Example 1: The puppy cried when I left for school. • Example 2: The rain kissed my checks as it fell.

  14. The bee was buzzing around the flower.Explanation: The bee was buzzing.

  15. Puppy was sad when I left for school.Explanation: Puppy's are sad.

  16. The rain kissed my checks as it fell.Explanation: The rain is smooth.

  17. Hyperbole: Is when it is crazy. • Example 1: I was so hungry I could eat a horse. • Example 2: I tried a thousand times.

  18. I was so hungry I could eat a hourse.Explanation: I was really hungry.

  19. I tried a million times.Explanation: Tried a lot of times.

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