Figurative Language
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Figurative language is when the words used do not make literal sense
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Examples include simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, symbolism, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and idiom.
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Stick out like a sore thumb.
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These are statements that make no sense literally.
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Personification gives human qualities to non-humans, such as ideas, animals, or inanimate objects.
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The stars danced.
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Hyperbole is an outrageous exaggeration used to make a point.
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Symbolism is where one thing stands for another.
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Teaching.
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Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds.
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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the sound it describes.
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An idiom is a phrase that only has meaning to a certain group of people.
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He kicked the bucket.
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Authors use figurative language to make connections.
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