The 7 Types Of Figurative Language by Koryn Cruise

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The 7 Types Of Figurative Language

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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THE 7 TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

BY: KORYN CRUISE

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Figurative language is: expressing something in an interesting way without really meaning it

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Personification

GIVING SOMETHING NOT ALIVE HUMAN FEATURES

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The flowers danced in the wind

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ONOMATOPOEIA

WORDS THAT MIMIC REAL LIFE SOUNDS

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Vroom vroom!

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HYPERBOLE

EXTREME EXAGGERATION THAT NO ONE BELIVES

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The fish was as big as a car!

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ALLITERATION

HAVING THE SAME LETTER REPEATEDLY IN A SENTENCE

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Bears build big burrows

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SIMILE

AN EXPRESSION COMPARING TWO THINGS USING LIKE OR AS

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She was as silly as a monkey

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IDIOM

A FORM OF EXPRESSION THAT IS NOT MENT LITERALLY

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Don't have a cow!

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METAPHOR

AN EXPRESSION COMPARING TWO THINGS WITHOUT USING LIKE OR AS

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The clouds are cotton candy

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Hope you enjoyed!

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Koryn Cruise