Figurative Language

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Figurative Language is used by writers to _____________.

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help readers better understand an idea

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Figurative language: 'This coffee shop is an ice box!'

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metaphor

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Figurative language: I've told you a million times to clean your room!

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hyperbole

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Figurative language: We're up, wide-eyed, and wondering while we wait for others to wake.

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alliteration

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Figurative Language: The burning wood hissed and crackled.

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onomatopoeia

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Figurative Language: The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.

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personification

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Figurative language: 'He was on cloud nine after winning first place.'

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idiom

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Type of figurative language: The concert was so loud her ears rang for days.

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imagery

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Meaning of the simile: 'My mouth was as dry as a bone.'

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My mouth was very dry.

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Figurative language: 'Her head was spinning from all the new information.'

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To let readers know that the girl has many thoughts going through her head.