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Christina Smith

Christina Smith. September19,2011 Figurative Language. Simile. Using like or as to compare 2 things Ex. She is as big as a boat. E x . He is cool as a loon. Metaphor. Comparing 2 things without using like or as; something is something else. Ex. The candy was bursting with flavor

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Christina Smith

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  1. Christina Smith September19,2011 Figurative Language

  2. Simile • Using like or as to compare 2 things • Ex. She is as big as a boat. • Ex. He is cool as a loon.

  3. Metaphor • Comparing 2 things without using like or as; something is something else. • Ex. The candy was bursting with flavor • Ex. I am conservative.

  4. Hyperbole • Using exaggeration to make a point. • Ex. I’m so hungry I could eat a goose with its beak. • Ex. She is older than the hills.

  5. Onomatopoeia • Sound word: bang ,tick tock. • Ex. A gun goes bang. • Ex. A clock goes tick tock.

  6. alliteration • Repetition of beginning sound: • Ex. The red robin ate raspberries. • Ex. The black bat ate berries.

  7. personification • Giving human qualities to something not human. • Ex. Fear knocked on the door. faith answered. There was no one there. • Ex. The road isn’t built that can make it breathe hard!

  8. idiom • A well know expression that does not mean what it says. • Ex. A drop in the bucket. • Ex. A fool and his money are easily parted.

  9. Practice Problems • Her hair is as black as pitch. • Getting Mrs. Moore for a teacher was a blessing in disguise. • The red rabbit ate red raspberries everyday. • That house is a diamond in the rough. • That clock went tick tock. • The video camera observed the whole scene. • You snore louder then a freight train.

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