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Figurative Language. Created by: Brooke Stoots. Simile. Using like or as to compare two things Example-Her room looks like a tornado hit it. Metaphor. Comparing two things without using like or as Example-The girl is a mean snake. Hyperbole. Using exaggeration to make a point
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Figurative Language Created by: Brooke Stoots
Simile • Using like or as to compare two things Example-Her room looks like a tornado hit it.
Metaphor • Comparing two things without using like or as Example-The girl is a mean snake.
Hyperbole • Using exaggeration to make a point Example-I am so hungry I could eat a whole school.
Onomatopoeia • Sound/Word Example-The doorbell rang.
Alliteration • Repetition of beginning sound Example-The pretty person was as pretty as a pear purse.
Personification • Giving human qualities to something not human Example-The flowers looked at me as I walked pass them.
Idiom • A well known expression that does not mean what it says Example-He got a taste of his own medicine when got picked on at school.
Practice Problems 1.Her chair was as old as a bat. 2.The spick and span space was super clean. 3.My friends left me out in the cold, when I wasn’t invited to their party. 4.The window winked at me when I looked out of it. 5.The chair was so big you could put a school building in it. 6.Her hair is a spider web. 7.There was a knock at the door.