Figurative Language

Write a sentence that uses each of the following types of figurative language. Draw a picture
to show the meaning of your example.

Metaphor
Comparing by stating that one thing is another thing.

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Simile
Comparing two things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

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 Figurative Language
Write a sentence that uses each of the following types of figurative language. Draw a picture
to show the meaning of your example.

Personification
Gives human qualities to animals, non-living objects, or ideas.

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Hyperbole
Obvious and over the top exaggeration to make a point.

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 Figurative Language
Write a sentence that uses each of the following types of figurative language. Draw a picture
to show the meaning of your example.

Idiom
A common expression that means something different to the literal meaning of the words.

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Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like the thing it describes.

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