Figurative Language Final

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Why use figurative language?

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To make writing interesting, visual, and to emphasize ideas.

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SIMILE: Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as.'

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Comparing two things by using 'like' or 'as.'

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METAPHOR: Comparing two things by saying one is the other.

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Comparing two things by saying one is the other.

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ONOMATOPOEIA

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A word that resembles the sound it makes.

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ALLITERATION:

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Repeating the same beginning sound in several words.

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What is personification?

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Giving human traits to objects or ideas.

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IDIOMS:

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A phrase that means something else than what it says.

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

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simile

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Figurative language: 'Tracy was feeling down in the dumps.'

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idiom

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Her long hair is an ocean of waves.

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metaphor