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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. By: K eivon W ebb . Simile . Comparison of two things using a “like” or “as” Example: His clothes were as brighter than the sun . Hyperbole . Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect Example: I have a ton of homework. Alliteration .

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language By: Keivon Webb

  2. Simile Comparison of two things using a “like” or “as” Example: His clothes were as brighter than the sun

  3. Hyperbole • Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect • Example: I have a ton of homework

  4. Alliteration • The repetition of the first constant sound in words • Example: Look at the leaning tower of leopards

  5. Metaphor • A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God • Example: she has a stone heart

  6. Personification • Giving living actions to a nonhuman thing • Example: the tree reached out and grabbed me

  7. Onomatopoeia • The formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk,  or boom,  by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent • Example: Splash

  8. Idiom • Expressions that don’t exactly mean what they say • Example: Its raining cats and dogs outside

  9. Understatement • A disclosure or statement that is less than complete. • A soiled baby, with a neglected nose, cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty

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