FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Front

"The city was a jungle." Example of figurative language?

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metaphor

Front

Figurative language in: 'Pansy pranced playfully around the playground.'

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alliteration

Front

Figurative language in: 'The flower hugged the earth after the storm.'

Back

personification

Front

Figurative language in: 'That freshly baked apple pie looks awfully good.'

Back

oxymoron

Front

Runner ran like a cheetah in the race.

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simile

Front

Her long hair is an ocean of waves.

Back

Metaphor

Front

Figurative language: "She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake."

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hyperbole

Front

Figurative language: Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.

Back

simile

Front

Figurative language: 'I have told you a million times'

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hyperbole

Front

Figurative language in: The waiter served us a delicious plate of jumbo shrimp.

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oxymoron