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Figurative Language
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| simile | compares two things using like or as |
| Ex: My mom's chocolate chips cookies turned out as hard as a rock | |
| metaphor | compares two different things without using like or as; but it use linking verbs: am, is , are, was and were |
| Ex: The gorilla's | |
| Alliteration | the repetition of beginning sound in words close together. |
| Ex: Dan diligently did his homework at his desk. | |
| Onomatopoeia | word that mimics the sound of an object or action |
| Ex: Boom, Pow, Tic, Clap | |
| Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| Ex: It took me a million years to do my homework last night! | |
| Personification | giving human qualities or characteristics to objects. |
| Ex: The sun smiled down on all of the people. | |
| Idiom | phrases that don't have a literal meaning. |
| Ex: After Greg's computer broke he was feeling blue. |