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Figurative Language

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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Simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike items using the words like or as

A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike items by saying that one item IS the other one

A personification is a figure of speech that describes a non-human object by giving it human-like qualities

An idiom is a common expression that means something different than what it's words say

A hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration, something that is not meant to be taken literally

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