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Figurative Languagemetaphor

Alliteration

personificationsimileassonance

onomatopoeiaallusionhyperboleImageryAlliteration: Repetition of the firstconsonant

Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmys on Tuesday.

AlliterationA reference to another work of literature, art, film, etc. The reader understands to allusion and the hidden meaning behind the words.AllusionAllusionThe Grinch (in How the Grinch Stole Christmas) is called a Scrooge a reference to A Christmas Carol

Assonance: The repetition of internal vowel sounds. Doesn't have to rhyme!!

Princess Kitty will kiss Timmy T. Tipper.The pain may drain Drake, but maybe the weight is fake.

AssonanceexaggerationHyperboleHyperboleI nearly died laughing

I was hopping madAuthors useHyperbole for emphasis

ImageryUse of figurative language to create mental pictures by appealing to one or more of the five senses (sight, hearing, feeling, smelling or tasting.)ImageryHe fumed and charged like an angry bull.

The ants began their daily marching drill.

Metaphor:A way of describingsomething by comparing it to something else(not using like or as)The girl was a fish in the water.The balloon was a feather floating away. Metaphors

Onomatopoeia:Words that are sounds

Toot! Toot!Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

Onomatopoeia Personification:to compare somethingthat is not human as if it were human.

The flowers danced in the wind. The friendly gates welcomed us.

PersonificationSimile:a way of describingsomething by comparing it with somethingelse using "like" or "as"I am hungry as a horse.

He is sneaky as a snake. He is happy as a clam.

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