Hyperbole, Metaphor and Simile Figurative Language.

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Hyperbole, Metaphor and Simile Figurative Language

Transcript of Hyperbole, Metaphor and Simile Figurative Language.

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Hyperbole, Metaphor and Simile

Figurative Language

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Hyperbole

• An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. Example: She’s said so on several million

occasions.

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Hyperbole

• I am so tired I could sleep for a year• I am so hungry I could eat a cow!• That ice cream cone is a mile high.

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Simile

• A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as. Example: The muscles on his brawny arms are

strong as iron bands.

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Simile

• Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.• He swims like a fish in the sea.

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Metaphor

• A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be. The comparison is not announced by like or as. Example: The road was a ribbon wrapped through

the dessert.

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Metaphor

• He was a tornado, blasting his way through the opposing team.

• Education is your ticket to great employment opportunites.