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English 60 Public

Figurative Language

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The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

personification

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Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

personification

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Figurative language that uses like or as to directly compare two unlike things.

simile

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What is a simile?

Figurative language that uses like or as to directly compare two unlike things.

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His nostrils flared; he was breathing like a picadored bull.

simile

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You're a firework, come on let your colors boost.

metaphor

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This girl is on fire!

idiom

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She's as cold as ice.

simile

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Cunning like a fox.

simile

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1. The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.

simile

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2. The fly BUZZED past us.

onomatopoeia

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3. The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

personification

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4. It really burned me up when you yelled at me.

idiom

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5. He CLATTERED and CLANGED as he washed the dishes.

onomatopoeia

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6. When she lost her job, she became mean old Scrooge. Besides a metaphor, what other type of figurative language is this?

allusion

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7. The snowman was as fluffy as a marshmallow.

simile

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