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Figurative Language
from R&J
| Word | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| metaphor | comparing 2 things not using 'like' or 'as' and items are unlike. | Keep your eyes peeled. |
| simile | comparing 2 things using 'like' or 'as' | Ken was as proud as a peacock. |
| hyperbole | a gross exaggeration | I ate for 20 hours straight with no breaks to breathe. |
| personification | to give an inanimate object human-like characteristics | The open hole in my guitar yawned at me as if it had just woken up, begging me to play. |
| imagery | language that creates an image | the orange and pink sky was bright and speckled with floating, pillow-like clouds. |