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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. What writers use to create word pictures in the mind. Simile. A simile is a comparison that uses like or as . It points out how two unlike things have something in common. Example: The clouds were like cotton candy stuck on the sky.

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language What writers use to create word pictures in the mind.

  2. Simile • A simile is a comparison that uses like or as. It points out how two unlike things have something in common. • Example: The clouds were like cotton candy stuck on the sky. His beard was as white as the snow.

  3. Metaphor • A metaphor is a comparison that says one thing is another unlike thing. It suggests how things are alike. • Example: The black rolling clouds are elephants going down to the sea for water.

  4. Personification • Personification is the giving of human qualities to an object, an animal, or an idea. • Examples: Money talks. The wind moaned and screeched.

  5. Alliteration • Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds. • Example: Pretty as a picture. • Usually the sounds that are repeated come at the beginning of the words.

  6. Onomatopoeia • Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sounds. • Examples: boom, hiss, crunch

  7. Hyperbole • Hyperbole is exaggeration that puts an image into a reader’s mind. Usually it is funny. • Example: I’ve eaten so much I could burst.

  8. Symbolism Symbolism is when an object represents an idea or concept. Example: The American flag symbolizes freedom.

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