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Figurative Language

vocabulary

TermDefinition
Metaphor Makes a comparison between two unrelated' things by stating that one thing is another thing even though this isn't literally true
Simile a phrase that uses like and as in a sentence that compares two things
Personification Human action are use to things the aren't alive
onomatopoeia using sound words like boom pop pow bang
Alliteraation when the beginning of a sound word repeats
Hyperbole an exaggertion
Idiom different literal meanings of the word
Allusion A hint at something
example 1 Love is a battlefield
example2 her body is hot like a fire
example3 The clock walked to my room to wake me up
example4 boom bang bow went the car
example5 peter piper picked a pecker of pickled peppers
example6 my feet feels like it gonna fall off from walking all day
example7 she's such a teachers pet
example8 you're such regular einstain
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