Figurative Language

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Define simile:

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Compares two things using "like" or "as."

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Define metaphor:

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Compares two things without using "like" or "as".

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Define Idiom:

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An expression with a special meaning.

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Alliteration

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Same beginning sound used repeatedly in a sentence.

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Onomatopoeia:

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A word that imitates a sound.

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Define Hyperbole:

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An extreme exaggeration.

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Define Personification:

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When non-human objects are given human characteristics.

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Jon turned as red as a rose when his crush spoke to him.

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Simile

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Keaton hunted mushrooms like a lion on the safari.

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Simile

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Krisalyn was lightning while reading her favorite book.

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metaphor