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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SIMILE

A COMPARISON USING LIKE OR AS. HE IS AS SMART AS A ALBERT EINSTEIN
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METAPHOR

COMPARISON NOT USING LIKE OR AS. THE SNOW IS A WHITE BLANKET
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PERSONIFICATION

GIVING SOMETHING HUMAN QUALITIES. THE PENCIL TOLD ME TO START WRITING
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ALLITERATION

REPEATED SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING. SARA'S SEVEN SISTERS SLEPT SOUNDLY IN THE SAND
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IMAGERY

LANGUAGE THAT APPEALS TO SENSES. ON A COLD NIGHT IN PORTUGAL. WHERE THE OCEAN KISSED THE SOUTHER SHORE. A DREAM I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD COME TO PASS. CAME AND WENT LIKE TIME IN AN HOURGLASS.
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ALLUSION

REFERENCE TO A WELL-KNOWN PERSON,PLACE,FIGURE OR EVENT. "I WAS SURPRISED HIS NOSE WAS NOT GROWING LIKE PINOCCHIO'S"
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ONOMATOPOEIA

A WORD THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE SOUND IT NAME. ONE GUY SLAPS ANOTHER GUY BAM!!!

HYPERBOLE

AN EXAGGERATION. SHE IS AS THIN AS A TOOTHPICK.
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