Figurative Language
Published on Dec 29, 2015
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
BY ROBERT F.
SIMILE
A comparison between two different things using like or as.
EXAMPLES
- Gary is as tall as a giraffe.
- Carl's head is as hard as a rock.
- Ron eats yumbo sandwiches like an animal.
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METAPHOR
A comparison between two different things not using like or as.
EXAMPLES
- Benjarvis is a pig.
- Chris bosh is a dinosaur.
- Jen is a giraffe.
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HYPERBOLE
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.
EXAMPLES
- Carl lives a million miles away.
- Tanya never stops talking.
- I could eat a thousand yumbo sandwiches
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IDIOM
- An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but it has a separate meaning of its own
EXAMPLES
- It's raining cats and dogs.
- Gary woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
- Ron has a chip on his shoulder because Burger King ran out of yumbo sandwiches.
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Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate natural sounds
EXAMPLES
- Gary the cow went moo.
- The chicken went Cock-a-doodle-doo.
