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Figurative Language

simile. hyperbole. Figurative Language. personification. idiom. metaphor. Alliteration. onomatopoeia. Simile: a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as“ (indirect comparison). I am hungry as a horse. You run like a rabbit.

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Figurative Language

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  1. simile hyperbole Figurative Language personification idiom metaphor Alliteration onomatopoeia

  2. Simile: a way of describing something by comparing it with something else using "like" or "as“ (indirect comparison)

  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 without “like” or “as” (direct)

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

  6. Personification Giving something that is not human human characteristics

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

  8. Alliteration: Repetition of the first consonant

  9. 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.

  10. Idiom: A word, phrase, or sentence that does not mean what is says!!

  11. That test was a piece of cake. Having no homework happens once in a blue moon. After all that work, I really need to hit the hay!

  12. Onomatopoeia: Words that are sounds

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

  14. Hyperbole: An extreme exaggeration

  15. The Princess kissed a million frogs to find her Prince! He is the strongest man in the entire world!!

  16. Now you try!!

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