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Figurative Language

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    Figurative language
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  • The woman gave a huge donation because she had a heart of gold.
    Metaphor
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  • Compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
    metaphor
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  • And then my heart with pleasure fills, / And dances with the daffodils.
    personification
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  • Oh, never, if I live to a million, / Shall I feel such a grievous pain.
    hyperbole
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  • The sun smiled down on the green meadow
    personification
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  • Giving non human object a human qualities
    personification
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  • Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it
    onomatopoeia
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  • big exaggeration, usually with humor
    hyperbole
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  • Compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
    metaphor
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  • The fire crackled in the night air.
    onomatopoeia
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  • the car zoomed down the road
    onomatopoeia
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  • The wooden table was as solid as a rock.
    simile
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  • The apartment was so dirty that you would need a hazmat team to enter it.
    hyperbole
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  • The woman gave a huge donation because she had a heart of gold.
    metaphor
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  • The raindrops danced along the window pane.
    Personification
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