Figurative Language

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Figurative language

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Language that cannot be taken literally; it creates a special effect or feeling.

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Simile

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Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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Metaphor:

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comparison not using like or as

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Personification

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Giving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas.

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The classroom was a zoo when there was a substitute.

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Metaphor

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iPhone listens to me.

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Personification

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Uncomfortable as if wearing shoes 10 sizes too big.

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Simile

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Aurora is alive at night, especially on weekends.

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Personification

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He is a cheetah on the track. He runs so fast!

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Metaphor

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My stomach growled like a starving tiger.

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Simile