Figurative Language

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Example of alliteration:

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The fat fish found Finland fascinating.

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Form of personification?

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The rain smiled down on the dry land.

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Contains a simile?

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The rabbit was as slow as molasses.

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Contains a metaphor:

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The baseball was a speeding rocket.

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Contains a hyperbole:

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I've told you a million times!

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Uses 'like' or 'as' to compare:

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Simile

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A hyperbole ...

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...is an extreme exaggeration.

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A metaphor compares two unlike things.

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....compares two things that are not alike.

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An alliteration...

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...repeats the same letter or sound.

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Onomatopoeia...

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...describes or imitates sounds.