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Figurative Language
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English
7th Grade
09/15/2011

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METAPHOR
Definition

A comparison between two unlike things, stating that one thing is essentially another.

 

The moon is a magical glowing ball floating in the sky.

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SIMILE
Definition

A comparison between two unlike things using the word LIKE, AS, or THAN

 

I'm like a hummingbird when visiting my friends in the hallway before homeroom, zooming here and there.

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HYPERBOLE
Definition

An obvious exaggeration which is usually funny.

 

 

I'm so smart, even Einstein himself would have been jealous of me!

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ONOMATOPOEIA
Definition

The use of words that mimic sounds.

 

 

The car screeched to a halt and avoided hitting the child.

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PERSONIFICATION
Definition

Giving human qualities to something non-human; the quality must be something it cannot naturally do.

 

 

My backpack is tired from carrying so much weight.

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HYPHENATED MODIFIER
Definition

A string of hyphenated words that together act as an adjective.

 

 

She is a has-eyes-on-the-back-of-her-head sort of mom who doesn't miss a thing.

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ALLITERATION
Definition

The repetition of consonant sounds.

 

 

Slimy salamanders silently slip around.

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ASSONANCE
Definition

The repetion of vowel sounds.

 

 

Angry alligators attacked Angie!

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