Figuratively Speaking

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Figuratively Speaking
Just What am I talking About?
Flashback
Imagery
Analogies
Onomatopoeia
Puns
Foreshadowing
Idiom
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
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Idioms

• A Little Bird Told Me

Just a few to get you started This is for the
birds Water off a ducks back
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OnomatopoeiaThe sound makes you think of the
meaning
PoP
Just a few to get you started
Fireworks-Pop, Bang, etc.
Crash
Water Drip
Slurpy
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Hyperbole(A big exaggeration)
I am so hungry that I could eat a horse.
Now , this is really hungry!
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Metaphors
Ideas in motion
A few to get your mind churning The guy is a
rock She is a Couch Potato Dont be a Road Hog
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Similes
Your eyes sparkle like diamonds.
Just a few to get you started Her teeth were
like pearls
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Puns

• A Few...
• Talking to her about computer hardware I made my
  motherboard.
• Math teachers have lots of problems. 55

8x9
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Imagery

• Use of words which allows one to create an image
  or a Mental Picture

The wheels are turning in his head.
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Foreshadowing

• The use of hints that something is going to
  happen later
• Music does this well in the movie

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Flashbacks

• Allows a glimpse into the characters past
• Always give the reader a warning