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Figurative Language

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

BY PAIGE & SADIE

Alliteration
Def:the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word

Baby bumble bees buzz by buttercups

Allusion

Def: An indirect or passing reference

Don't act like Romeo in front of her

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Hyperbole
Def: exaggerations statement meant to not be taken literally

I'm so hunger I could eat a horse

Idiom
Def: a common expression

Can't judge a book by its cover

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Metaphor
Def:Compares saying one thing is something else

Failure is a bruise not tattoo

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Onomatopoeia
Def:sounds effect words

Splish splash went my boots as trudged through the mud

Personification

Def: it's when you assign qualities of a person to an object

I can hear Hawaii calling my name

Simile
Def: Uses like or as to compare 2 things

That guy is as nutty as a fruitcake