Figurative Language

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Figurative Language
Figurative language is using every expressions
that are not literally true to convey meaning.
Expressions such as Im going to lose my mind!
arent literally true (I hope), but we understand
this figuratively as I am overwhelmed or
frustrated.
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SIMILE

• A simile is a comparison of two dissimilar things
  using like or as

EXAMPLE
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METAPHOR

• A metaphor is a comparison of two dissimilar
  things which does not use like or as

EXAMPLE
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PERSONIFICATION

• Personification is treating abstraction or
  inanimate objects as human, that is, giving them
  human attributes, powers, feelings.

EXAMPLE
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HYPERBOLE

• Hyperbole is extreme exaggeration it may be used
  for a serious or comic effect.

EXAMPLE

• I walked for days to get to the cafeteria.

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ONOMATOPOEIA

• Onomatopoeia is a word that is spelled like it
  sounds.

EXAMPLE
The hum of the air conditioner and buzz of the
bees put me to sleep.
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OXYMORON
An oxymoron is a statement with two parts which
seem contradictory. They are opposite in meaning.
EXAMPLE

• The waiter brought us jumbo shrimp.

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• Try some examples on your own

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• The firecrackers boomed above our head.

Onomatopoeia
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• The tree reached its arms to the sky.

Personification
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• Her friends are as sweet as candy.

Simile
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• When I found out I had won, I jumped ten feet in
  the air!

Hyperbole
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• The sleepy man was a snail as he walked into the
  office.

Metaphor
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• My chances of going to the party are a definite
  maybe.

Oxymoron
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• My sister is like a cheetah when she runs in the
  race.

Simile
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• I played that game a million times!

Hyperbole
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• Michelle is a machine. She can work really
  quickly.

Metaphor
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• The baseball whizzed by my ear and into the
  outfield.

Onomatopoeia
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• The wind whispered in his ear.

Personification
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• My chances of coming to the party are a definite
  maybe.

Oxymoron
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• There was deafening silence when he walked into
  the room.

Oxymoron
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• We had to wait in the waiting room for days!

Hyperbole
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• The basketball player was a tower in front of me.

Metaphor
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• Sometimes brains are like computers because they
  can calculate the answer to a problem.

Simile
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• The bubble gum bubble popped in my face.

Onomatopoeia
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• Doubt crept into my mind when I started getting
  nervous.

Personification