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Figurative Language
Authors use many types of figurative language in order to help the reader visualize and
understand what they are writing
Hyperbole
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
Imagery
Irony
Alliteration
Onomato
poeia
Personification
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Simile
using the words "like" or "as" to compare two things that are not alike
I can run as fast as a cheetah.
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Metaphor
compares two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
Simile: I can run as fast as a cheetah.
Metaphor: I am a fast cheetah.
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Sort the similes and metaphors.
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Idiom
common expression known by people
I have a frog in my throat!
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Personification
giving human traits to something that is not human
The leaves were dancing down the street.
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Alliteration
the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a line of
poetry or in a sentence
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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Onomatopoeia
when a word imitates the sound it is describing
Bang!Crash!Pop!Ding dong!
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Hyperbole
a huge exaggeration that is not meant to be taken seriously
We had to wait forever!
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Imagery
text that uses your senses to create a picture in your head while
reading
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Ironythe opposite of what is supposed to
happen
The fire house caught on fire.
The police officer got arrested for speeding.
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Symbolism
an object that represents an idea or set of ideas
Peter Pan‛s shadow is a symbol of reality. When he loses his shadow, it shows us how he has lost his sense of reality from being in Neverland.
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