simile definition- compares two different things using “like” or “as.” example- she is as...
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Figurative Language
By: Caitlin Lloyd
Simile
Definition- Compares two different things using “like” or “as.”
Example- She is as spoiled as a princess.
Hyperbole
Definition-Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect.
Example- It is going to take forever to get up this hill!
Alliteration
Definition- The repetition of the first consonant sound in words.
Example- The sick courageous cowboy coughed all the way to California.
Metaphor
Definition- Comparing two things without saying “like” or “as.”
Example- The spaghetti was worms.
Personification
Definition- Giving human traits to something inhuman.
Example- The briers cut my legs with their tiny swords as I walked around the woods.
Onomatopoeia
Definition- Words that represent the actual sound of something are words of onomatopoeia.
Example- The flower pot made a loud “CRASH” as it hit the floor.
Idiom
Definition- Expression that don’t mean exactly what they say.
Example- My mom tells my brother that he is walking on thin ice when he is in trouble.
Understatement
Definition- Expression with less strength than expected. The opposite of hyperbole.
Example- I will never like eating carrots!