Figurative%20Language:%20What%20is%20it?

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Figurative Language What is it?
Kitty Tripp Duncan Chapel Elementary March 28,
2003
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Youve got your head in the clouds!
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Ive tried to call her a thousand times!
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Your voice is music to my ears!
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Her instrument playing sounded like a squawking
bird!
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What do all these statements have in common?
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Figurative Language!
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Types of figurative language

• Hyperboles

• Idioms

• Metaphors

• Similes

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Credits

• Slide 2-- picture used with permission from
  icqgreetings.com 
• All other graphics originate from Microsoft Word