Figurative Language: TSI

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A phrase comparing two unlikely things

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metaphor

Front

An exaggeration that will never happen

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hyperbole

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Verbal Irony

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Speaker says one thing but means another

Front

Figurative language in: "A boiled egg for lunch is hard to beat."

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pun

Front

a play on words

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pun

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Substitutes a word or phrase to soften its meaning.

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euphemism

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Lightning McQueen was upset for losing the race.

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personification

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She cried like Mary Magdalene.

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Allusion

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I love studying for a test weekly!

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verbal irony

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It will take me a million years to finish this homework!

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hyperbole