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Maci Barker Sept.19,2011

Maci Barker Sept.19,2011. Figurative language power point. S imile. Comparing 2 things with using the 2 words like or as. My dads hair is as bald as a baby's backside. Metaphor. Comparing 2 things without using like or as something is something else

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Maci Barker Sept.19,2011

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  1. Maci Barker Sept.19,2011 Figurative language power point

  2. Simile Comparing 2 things with using the 2 words like or as. My dads hair is as bald as a baby's backside

  3. Metaphor • Comparing 2 things without using like or as something is something else • My sister’s heart was broken when her boyfriend broke up with her.

  4. hyperbole • Using exaggeration to make a point • Lisa will die if you ask her to sing in front of everyone.

  5. onomatopoeia • A sound word • Tammy’s flip flops slapped across the pavement as she walked.

  6. alliteration • Repetition of beginning sound. • The cheetah chased the cat for his cheese.

  7. personification • Giving human qualities to something not human. • The camera loves me.

  8. idiom • A well known expression that does not mean what it says. • Sometimes My little sister deserves a taste of her own medicine.

  9. Practice problems 1.What is a exaggeration to make a point? 2.When pigs fly? 3.A laugh in the sea? 4.What is giving human qualities to something not human? 5.Repetion of begging sound? 6.What is bang? 7.What is as big as a bus?

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