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Figurative Language

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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Figurative Language

By:Sean McFadden
Photo by JD Hancock
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simile

  • A comparison using like or as.
  • He is as tall as a giraffe. 
Photo by Ben124.
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Metaphor

  • A comparison not using like or as.
  • She was a splashing fish in the water. 
Photo by Bidwell, Coby
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HYPERBOLE

  • An extreme exaggeration. 
  • I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
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Idiom

  • Saying with a different meaning from its actual dictionary meaning
  • I'ts
  • It's rainining cats and dogs.
Photo by jeffreyw
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alliteration

  • repeated sounds at the beginning of words.
  • Billy begged to buy candy.
Photo by 2timesM
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onomatapoiea

  • a word that sounds like a sound word.
  • boom
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PERSONIFICATION

  • giving something human qualities that doen't
  • the flower danced
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