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English 17 Public

Hyperboles, alliteration, similes, onomatopoeia, assonance, personification

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The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we’ll walk by

Alliteration

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Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese

Assonance

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No pain, no gain

Cliché

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I've told you to clean your room a million times!

Hyperbole

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It’s raining cats and dogs

Idiom

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The world is a stage.

Metaphor

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The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from one to another.

Personification

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The acorn plopped into the puddle.

Onomatopoeia

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Time is money

Symbolism

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What does the white dove symbolise?

Peace

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She is as innocent as an angel.

Simile

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The repetition of usually consonant sounds

Alliteration

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Big exaggeration, usually with humor

Hyperbole

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Comparing two things by using one kind of object (saying something is something else)

Metaphor

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Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it

Onomatopoeia

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Giving something human qualities

Personification

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