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Figurative Language
Term | Definition |
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Simile | a figure of speech in which two things are compared using the words like or as (e.g., Walker is as smart as a whip). |
Metaphor | a figure of speech in which two things are compared with using the word like or as (e.g., The small boat was a ping-pong ball bouncing around on the waves.). |
Personification | a nonhuman thing is given human qualities or characteristics (The snowflakes dances on the ground). |
Hyperbole | an exaggeration for effect (e.g., My homework took me eight million years to finish.). |
Onomatopoeia | a word that sounds like the sound it makes (e.g., sizzle, beep, boom, thump) |
Alliteration | using words that have the same sound at the beginning in two or more neighboring words (e.g., Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, wild and woolly) |
Idiom | a word or phrase that cannot be taken literally (e.g., It is raining cats and dogs." |
Imagery | writing that appeals to the reader's senses (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch) |