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    This document defines and provides examples of common figures of speech used in language: simile, metaphor, personification, and imagery. A simile explicitly compares two unlike things using "like" or "as". A metaphor applies a word or phrase non-literally to make an implicit comparison. Personification gives human attributes to non-human objects or ideas. Imagery uses descriptive language that appeals to the physical senses.

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    This document defines and provides examples of common figures of speech used in language: simile, metaphor, personification, and imagery. A simile explicitly compares two unlike things using "like" or "as". A metaphor applies a word or phrase non-literally to make an implicit comparison. Personification gives human attributes to non-human objects or ideas. Imagery uses descriptive language that appeals to the physical senses.

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    This document defines and provides examples of common figures of speech used in language: simile, metaphor, personification, and imagery. A simile explicitly compares two unlike things using "like" or "as". A metaphor applies a word or phrase non-literally to make an implicit comparison. Personification gives human attributes to non-human objects or ideas. Imagery uses descriptive language that appeals to the physical senses.

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    Simile
    A figure of speech involving the comparison of
    one thing with another thing of a different kind
    Usually uses like or as

    Simile Example

    https://www.thinglink.co
    m/scene/621719694356
    774914

    Metaphor
    A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is
    applied to an object or action to which it is not
    literally applicable

    Metaphor Example

    http://www.buzzle.com/articl
    es/metaphor-examples-forkids.html

    Personification
    A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or
    an animal is given human attributes. The nonhuman objects are portrayed in such a way
    that we feel they have the ability to act like
    human beings

    Personification Example

    http://www.thesongsphere.com/tag/personification/

    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/522276
    888009422126/

    Imagery
    Uses figurative language to represent objects,
    actions and ideas in a way that appeals to our
    physical senses

    Imagery Example

    http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wik
    i/File:Mountain_range.jpg

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