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FigurativeLanguage

Simile

DefinitionExam

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Using like or as to compare 2 things.

Sarah was as brave as a lion.

Metaphor

DefinitionExam

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Comparing 2 things without using like or as; something is something else.

As a new basketball player Michelle is a diamond in the rough.

Hyperbole

DefinitionExam

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Using exaggeration to make a point.

He has a ton of money.

Onom

atopoeiaDefinition

Examples

Sound word: bang, tick-tock.

Everyone could her the rustle of the money in her pocket.

AlliterationDefinition

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Repetition of beginning sound.

The cat caught a cold while calling the boy outside the cottage.

PersonificationDefinition

Examples

Giving human qualities to something not human.

The lost puppy yelled “take me”, to people that walked by.

IdiomDefinition

Examples

A well known expression that does not mean what it says.

Sean is as mad as a hatter, but he’s a nice person.

Practice Problems

1. She is as hungry as a horse. 2. The bugs waved at me as I drove by. 3. His clothes are as dirty as a pig pen. 4. The car crashed with a loud BANG! 5. Since Sarah was mad she told Ben to

cry her a river.

6. The bird waved at me as I walked by.

7. The grasshopper hopped with a loud Bong.