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Figurative Language

Anna Pasciuta and Dylan Payne 9/19/11. Figurative Language. S imile. Definition: using like or as to compare two things Example: He is as dumb as a post. Metaphor. Definition: compare two things without using like or as; something is something else

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Figurative Language

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  1. Anna Pasciuta and Dylan Payne 9/19/11 Figurative Language

  2. Simile Definition: using like or as to compare two things Example: He is as dumb as a post.

  3. Metaphor Definition: compare two things without using like or as; something is something else Example: My hair is softer than my fuzzy blanket.

  4. Onomatopoeia Definition: sound word Example: The chickens were clucking when I went in the barn to feed them.

  5. Alliteration Definition: repetition of beginning sound Example: The dog did a dance on the desk!

  6. Personification Definition: giving human qualities to something not human Example: The trees did a dance in the wind as people jogged by them.

  7. Idiom Definition: a well known expression that does not mean what is says Example: I was so thirsty I could have drunk an entire river.

  8. Practice Questions • Your as funny as a clown. • The chair fell, and made a big bang! • You walk slower than my grandma. • The clouds cried because she had a thorn in her foot. • Silly Sally sells salad by the seashore. • My bookbag weighs more than I do. 7. My pillow is a fluffy cloud when I go to sleep at night.

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