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Figurative Language
Term | Definition | |
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Simile | compare two things unlike using like, as, or than. | She was as sly as a fox. |
Metaphor | compare two unlike things WITHOUT using like, as, or than. | The cook in the kitchen was cooking up a storm. |
Personification | Gives the qualities of a person to an animal, object, or an idea. | Maybe when the storm is over the bridge will welcome us home. |
Hyperbole | Exaggerating the idea of something. | It's gonna take a million years to finish this test. |
Oxymoron |