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By:Niya Burton
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Simile Example: My cousins breath smells so bad in the morning it like a naked demon walking in his mouth. Comparison of two things using “like” or “as”
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Metaphor Example: Joe’s closet is a mall. Two things are compared without using “like” or “as”.
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Personification Example: The flower danced in the wind. Given human traits to objects or ideas.
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Onomatopoeia Example: The cows “mooed” and the chicken “clucked” all night. Words that represent the actual sound of something are words of onomatopoeia.
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Hyperbole Example: “The time goes by fast that we never even seen it coming.” Exaggeration to show strong feeling or effect.
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Understatement “I’ll be back in a second.” Expression with less strength than expected The opposite of hyperbole.
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Alliteration “Fred friends fried Fritos for Friday’s food.” The repetition of the first constant sound in words, as on the nursery rhyme.
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Idioms “The bugs on the sealing is like hale falling.” Expression that don’t mean exactly what they say.
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