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Figurative Language

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FIGURATIVE

LANGUAGE
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BY:

KASSANDRA PASTOR
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SIMILE

COMPARING TWO OBJECTS ONLY USING "LIKE" OR "AS".
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EXAMPLES OF SIMILE

  • Cute as a kitten
  • Busy as a bee
  • Stood out like a sore thumb
  • Life is like a box of chocolates
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METAPHOR

COMPARING TWO THINGS WITHOUT USING "LIKE" OR "AS".
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EXAMPLES OF METAPHOR

  • You are my sunshine
  • You are my guardian angel
  • She is a walking dictionary
  • His kids are puppets on a string
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IDIOM

A FIXED EXPRESSION THAT HAS A LITERAL MEANING
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EXAMPLES OF IDIOM

  • It cost me an arm and a leg
  • Two heads are better than one
  • Cat got your tongue
  • Break a leg!
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HYPERBOLE

AN EXAGGERATION
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EXAMPLES OF HYPERBOLE

  • My backpack weighs a ton
  • I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
  • I nearly died laughing
  • I tried a thousand times
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PERSONIFICATION

HUMAN QUALITIES ARE GIVEN TO ANIMALS AND OBJECTS
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EXAMPLES OF PERSONIFICATION

  • The stars winked at me
  • The flame of the candle danced in the dark
  • The carved pumpkins smiled at us
  • The sun played peek-a-boo with the clouds

Kassandra Pastor