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    Figurative Language!

    Types of
    Figurative
    Language

    Example

    A simile compares two


    things using like or as.

    Ripley is as lazy as
    sloth.

    Metaphor

    A metaphor compares two


    things without using like or
    as.

    The clouds were


    cotton balls in the sky.

    Personification

    Personification is when nonhuman things are given


    human qualities or
    characteristics.

    The snowflakes danced


    on the ground.

    Onomatopoeia

    Onomatopoeia makes
    words from sounds.

    Hiss! Sizzle! Ughhhh!

    Oxymoron

    A type of figurative
    language that contradicts
    (or goes against) itself.

    Jumbo shrimp
    *We know shrimp are
    tiny!

    Alliteration

    Alliteration is the repetition Sally sells seashells by


    of the same beginning sound the seashore.
    in a series of words.

    Hyperbole

    A hyperbole is an
    exaggeration for effect.

    My homework took me
    8 million years to
    finish.

    A phrase that has a


    different meaning than what
    it says.

    The test was a piece


    of cake.
    *The test wasnt really
    a piece of cake but
    instead means it was
    easy.

    Simile

    Idiom

    Definition

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