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Figurative Language

simile. hyperbole. Figurative Language. personification. metaphor. Alliteration. onomatopoeia. Simile: a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as". I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam.

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Figurative Language

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  1. simile hyperbole Figurative Language personification metaphor Alliteration onomatopoeia

  2. Simile: a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as"

  3. I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit. She is happy as a clam. He is sneaky as a snake.

  4. Metaphor: A way of describing something by comparing it to something else

  5. The girl was a fish in the water. The clown was a feather floating away.

  6. Idiom An expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words.

  7. They are dropping like flies. He knows the ropes.

  8. Personification to compare something that is not human as if it had human characteristics

  9. The flowers danced in the wind. The friendly gates welcomed us. The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

  10. Alliteration: Repetition of the First consonant

  11. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday. Click here to read more alliterations.

  12. Onomatopoeia: Words that are sounds

  13. Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh Swish swish swish Chug chug chug!! Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

  14. Hyperbole A big exaggeration, usually with humor.

  15. The ice cream cone was a mile high.

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