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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. Marqimi Ewings. Personification. An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities Sun smiling down. A lliteration. Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words Sally seems to sit somewhere separate from Sonia. Assonance.

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language MarqimiEwings

  2. Personification • An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities • Sun smiling down

  3. Alliteration • Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words • Sally seems to sit somewhere separate from Sonia

  4. Assonance • Repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of poetry • Fred fat feet feel funny

  5. Hyperbole • Exaggeration often used for emphasis • A million times harder

  6. Onomatopoeia • Words that imitate the sound they are naming • Buzz, Ding, Hiss, Roar

  7. Simile • A comparison of two things using like or as • My mind is like an ocean

  8. Metaphor • Person or thing using words that are not meant to be taken literally • Leave like and as out

  9. Imagery • Imagery can be used for emotinal effect • Sound,touch,taste,smell

  10. Idiom • Different meaning from the literal meaning of its individual words

  11. Consonance • The repetiton of internal or ending consonant sound close together

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