SIMILE A comparison of two (or more) unlike things

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SIMILE A comparison of two (or more) unlike things using the words "like" or "as". He is as fat as a hippo.

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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SIMILE
A comparison of two (or more) unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
He is as fat as a hippo.

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METAPHOR
A comparison of two (or more) unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"; usually uses the words "is" or "are"
He is a tall giraffe.

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IDIOM
A phrase or expression which means something different from what the words actually say.
Hold your horses.

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ONOMATOPOEIA
The use of words that sound like the noise they name or words that imitate sounds.
Boom!

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ALLITERATION
Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words.
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

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PERSONIFICATION
Giving a non-human thing (plants, animals, objects etc.) human traits (qualities, feelings, ideas, and/or characteristics.
The flower felt sad.

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HYPERBOLE
A figure of speech using exaggeration.
That was the greatest movie in the history of the world.

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