Figurative Language

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Simile: Comparing two unlike things using 'like' and 'as'.

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Comparing two unlike things using 'like' and 'as'.

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Metaphor: Comparing two things without like/as

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Comparing two things without using like and as

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Hyperbole:

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Exaggerated statement, not literal.

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Example of alliteration:

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Powerful pandas punch parrots.

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Firework explosion sound example: BOOM!

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Onomatopoeia

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Example of a simile:

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His room looked as if a hurricane came through.

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Example of onomatopoeia:

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Boom!

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The pie was so tough I needed an ax to cut it.

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hyperbole

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Juana's dark eyes swam like fish behind tinted glasses.

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eyes-fish

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The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.

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personification