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Figurative Languag
| Term | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Literal language | It means to be taken literaly | you are unhappy |
| simile | using like or as to compare seemingly dissimilar | The flower grew as high as the elephants eye |
| metaphor | a comparison of two or more dissimilar things that is stated like a fact. | He must be feirce when he plays. |
| personification | When non-human things, ideas, or animals are given human characteristics or qualities. | The residents suffered when the young lady named hurricane sandy paid a vist to town. |
| idiom | an expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words | once in a blue moon, I ate chocolate ice cream instead of bananas. |
| Imagery | when writers use words that appeal to the 5 sences to create a mental picture. | |
| Figurative Languange | Used to state ideas in vivid and imaginative, its not meant to be taken literaly. | Your smile is a rainbow |