1. Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia
Figurative Language
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia

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Simile
A comparison of two unlike things that have some quality in common.
Comparison is expressed using words “like” or “as”
Examples:
She is as sweet as candy.
The tired puppy slept like a log.
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Metaphor
A comparison of two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing
Does not use the words “like” or “as”
Examples:
You are my knight in shining armor.
Sally is an angel.
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Extended Metaphor
An extended metaphor is a longer metaphor that continues the comparison for several lines or stanzas; multiple comparisons are made between the two things instead of just one.
Example: “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes
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Personification
Describing an animal or object as if it were human or had human qualities
Examples:
The wind howled through the trees.
My computer hates me!
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Hyperbole
A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect
Examples:
I nearly died laughing!
He smiled a mile wide.
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Onomatopoeia
the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss)
the use of words whose sound suggests the sense
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The sea licked the grass at the edge of the shore.
personification
His room was a junk pile.
metaphor
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The moonless night was as dark as black velvet.
simile
The sheets hanging on the clothesline danced in the wind.
personification
Some students would rather eat dirt and die than to sit down and read a book.
hyperbole
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You are as slow as molasses in January.
simile
The hungry waves grabbed our sand castle and pulled it into the sea.
personification
I could eat a million pancakes!
hyperbole
He was a library of information about baseball.
metaphor
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