figurative language

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Simile: Comparison using like or as

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Comparison using like or as

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Personification

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Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects and animals

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Oxymoron

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Figure of speech combining contradictory terms.

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration

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Metaphor

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Comparison without like or as

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Wise fool

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Oxymoron

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"A million times" to clean your room.

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Hyperbole

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Rachel is a walking encyclopedia.

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Metaphor

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The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle.

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Personification

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Restless children hopping like kernels in a corn popper.

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Simile