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Figurative Language

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" I pulled the strings out of my stalk. Z-z-zip, z-z-zip."   onomatopoeia  
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"Our family beat a retreat back to the sofa as if chased by enemy soldiers.:   simile  
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"She struck several sultry poses..."   alliteration  
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"Shloop, went my father. Shloop went my mother. Schloop, schloop went my brother..."   onomatopoeia  
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"...I managed to push the whole thing into the back of my mind, where it jumped out at me only a few times a day."   personification  
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a comparison that uses the word like or as   simile  
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the repetition of a consonant letter or sound at the beginning of words   alliteration  
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a word whose sound suggest its meaning   onomatopoeia  
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a comparison that does not include the word like or as   metaphor  
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extreme exaggeration used to make a point   hyperbole  
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the act of giving human or living qualities to animals or non-living objects   personification  
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