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    The document defines and provides examples of various forms of figurative language including metaphor, simile, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, allusion, oxymoron, and paradox. It compares two unlike items using metaphor or simile, uses repeated beginning or vowel sounds, mimics sounds, exaggerates extremely, gives human qualities to objects, references specific people or things, pairs opposites, and contradicts itself.

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    The document defines and provides examples of various forms of figurative language including metaphor, simile, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, allusion, oxymoron, and paradox. It compares two unlike items using metaphor or simile, uses repeated beginning or vowel sounds, mimics sounds, exaggerates extremely, gives human qualities to objects, references specific people or things, pairs opposites, and contradicts itself.

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    Adeel Raja

    Figurative Language Review


    Metaphor
    A comparison made with two unlike items

    Example
    The book was a good friend to me.
    Simile
    A comparison using “like” or “as” to relate two
    unlike items

    Example
    The book was like a good friend to me.
    Alliteration
    Repeated beginning sounds

    Example
    The pretty purple prom dress.
    Assonance
    Repeated vowel sounds

    Example
    The fat cat sat on the mat.
    Onomatopoeia
    Words that are like sounds

    Example
    The bees buzzed around the hive.
    Hyperbole
    EXTREME EXAGERATION

    Example
    I’m so hungry; I could eat a horse!
    Personification
    Giving inanimate objects human qualities

    Example
    The faucet groaned in anticipation of the water
    sloshing through.
    Allusion
    A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.

    Example
    Their love is as tragic as Romeo and Juliet’s.
    Oxymoron
    Pairings of opposite elements

    Example
    It was a happy accident.
    Paradox
    A statement that contradicts itself

    Example
    I close my eyes, so I can see.

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