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Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Can you name any types?
Figurative Language includes:
Simile
metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
idiom
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Simile
A comparison of two things using the words like or as
She was as sharp as a cactus.
Metaphor
A comparison of two things using the words is and are
A blue sombrero is a crown of the night sky on your head.
Write a metaphor or simile about this image.
For example: The water was as cold as ice.
Alliteration
A phrase that starts with the same sounds
Sam's sheriff star shone in the moonlight.
Personification
Give an inanimate object human characteristics
The arms of the cactus reached out to hug passersby.
Idiom
A phrase with deeper meaning than the literal understanding
Spur of the moment (to act on impulse)
Hyperbole
An extremely exaggerated meaning
The horseshoe attracted all the luck in the world.
Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like the noise it describes.
The crackling campfire warmed us on that chilly night.
Write one example of figurative language in your notebook.