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Figurative Language
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Figurative language is a tool the writer uses to “paint” the colouredpicture in the readers’ mind.
Figurative language…the use of words in a way that makes them go
beyond their ordinary individual meanings.
The water’s reflection was like the sun on glass.
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SIMILEA figure of speech comparing two different things using the words “like” or “as.”
After the football game, the boy was so sore he walked like a toy soldier.
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Metaphor …A figure of speech comparing two different things without using the words “like” or “as.”
Stars are buttons off the angels’ gowns.
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Onomatopoeia …a word or words that imitate a sound
The click, click, click of the keys gave Ms. Smith a headache.
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Personification …giving human characteristics to things that are not human
The moonlight danced across the water.
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Our teacher is so old he probably taught cavemen how to make a wheel.
Hyperbole …exaggeration statement or claim not meant to be taken literally
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Alliteration …figurative language using the repetition of the same consonant or consonant sounds
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Bang, clang, and hiss are examples of what type of figurative language?
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ONOMATOPOEIA
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What type of figurative language is the following sentence?
Helga hangs handkerchiefs on the line.
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ALLITERATION
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What type of figurative language is the following sentence?
The boy could swim like a fish.
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SIMILE
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What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
John is a mountainon the field.
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What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
Jimmy is so skinny, a skeleton looks fatter
than he does!
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HYPERBOLE
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What type of figurative language is the following sentence?
The trees danced by the shore.
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