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    a / Figurative Language \ “sis used when a writer describes something using comparisons that go beyond literal meaning. The words mean more than what they say on the surface. » is NOT MEANT to be interpreted by the definition of the words. = is used in poetry and fiction, as well as in everyday speech. Term Definition Example “The repetition of usually inti consonent Aliteration | sounds in two or more neighboring words or | The Wild and woolly walrus watts and wonders when we'll walk by syllables 7 A Figure of speech comparing two unlike things Simile Me ee coins “The sun is ike « yellow ball of fie inthe sky Cliche ‘A word or phrase that has become overly a familiar or commonplace Hyperbole Big exaggeration, usually with humor mile-high ice-cream cones Idiom The language pecuiier to « group of people She sings at the top of her lungs Comparing two things by using one kind oF Metaphor | object or using in place of another 10 suggest Her hair was sill ‘the likeness between them “| Naming a thing or an action by imitating the Onomatopoeia theo pen orton oy buzz, hiss, rear, woof Persenification Giving something human qualities “Thestiffed bear sled asi he ttle boy hugged him close ©0606. 202e0eCQ@e@ —- CO Simniiles: When two things are compared using like or as *sweet as a honeybee *roar like a lion Examples of Similes © She swims like a fish. © He's as hairy as a gorilla. © Peter laughs like a hyena. © Mrs. Robinson is as wise as an owl. © Allow me, it's as easy as ABC. © My love is like a red, red rose. © The world is like a stage. © She got a neck like a pipe. © That girl have a hair like rat's tail. METAPHOR A direct comparison of two objects, people, or things. (EX: He is a shining star.) Simives METAPHORS. sHer heart ts like gota. |*Her heart \s gold.

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