Figurative Language

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simile
assonance
Figurative Language
personification
metaphor
Alliteration
onomatopoeia
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Simile a way of describing something by
comparing it with something else using "like"
or "as"
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I am hungry as a horse.
You run like a rabbit.
She is happy as a clam.
He is sneaky as a snake.
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Metaphor
A way of describing something by comparing it
to something else
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The girl was a fish in the water.
The clown was a feather floating away.
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Personification to compare something that is not
human as if it had human characteristics
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The flowers danced in the wind.
The friendly gates welcomed us.
The Earth coughed and choked in all of the
pollution.
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Alliteration Repetition of the first consonant
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Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on
Saturday.
Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmys on
Tuesday.
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Assonance The repetition of internal vowel
sounds. Doesn't have to rhyme!!
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Onomatopoeia Words that are sounds
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Princess Kitty will kiss Timmy T. Tipperss lips
The pain may drain Drake, but maybe the weight
is fake.
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Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh
Swish swish swish
Chug chug chug!!
Glippp Gluppp Gluppp
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