Figurative Language
Published on Jan 25, 2016
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Simile
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike items using the word ''like'' or '' as ''.
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Example
roaring like a lion,
Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, or it's raining like cats and dogs.
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Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike items by saying that one item IS the other one.
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Example
life is a highway,
money can be your nest
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Personification
A personification is a
figure of speech that describes a nonhuman object by giving it a human like qualities.
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Idiom
An idiom is a common expression that means something different then what its words say.
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Hyperbole
A hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration something that is not mean to be taken literally.
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Example
I will hold your hand forever all the trees of the field will clap their hand.
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