1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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2. Language that means exactly what it says.
Figurative Language
Language that does NOT mean exactly what it says.
Literal Language
Language that means exactly what it says.

3. HYPERBOLE A deliberate exaggeration…often used for effect.
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4. SIMILE A comparison of two dissimilar things using “like” or “as”
Example…”My brain is like a sieve.”
Write your own brain simile.

5. METAPHOR
Comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using “like” or “as” or even “than” One thing literally is another.
Example…My heart is a stereo. (though there are a variety of structures to use)
Write a metaphor for your heart

6. ALLITERATION The repetition of the initial consonant sound
Example…Fourteen foul fungi
Write an alliteration for your name

7. PERSONIFICATION
Giving a nonhuman subject some sort of human characteristic
Example…The house was lonely after the people moved out.

8. Onomatopoeia
Sound used as a word

9. Allusion
A reference to a person, place, or thing in another artistic work (literature, art, music, history, painting, or mythology).
Example: Paul’s obsession with money reminds me of King Midas.

10. HOMEWORK! Write a simile about the weekend.
Now write a metaphor about school.
Write an example of hyperbole about homework.
Write an example of personification about your shoes.