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Review figurative language: similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idioms, and assonance. #figurativelanguage #f...

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All eyes on me!" exclaimed Mrs. Foell.

Personificaiton

Hyperbole

Idiom

Metaphor

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Your room looks like a tornado went through it

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

Alliteration

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Oh, the rumbling thunder!

metaphor

hyperbole

personification

onomatopoeia

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sizzling steak

metaphor

onomatopoiea

alliteration

simile

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What is the purpose of figurative language?

The reader or listener can create powerful mental images.

It enhances writing and speech by giving it 'life'.

The writer uses it to SHOW rather than TELL an story.

It makes writing and speech more descriptive.

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