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Figures of Speech (Metaphor (Example: He is a walking encyclopedia!
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Figures of Speech
Metaphor
Example: He is a walking encyclopedia!
He isn’t an actual walking encyclopedia, he is being compared to an encyclopedia.
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Alliteration
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Example: The big black bull rushed towards the red cloth.
Big, Black and bull all start with the letter ‘B’.
However, Elizabeth eats eight buns isn’t an alliteration because eight makes a sound just like the vowel “A”.
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Personification
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Example: The trees were dancing in the wind.
The trees weren’t actual dancers, it is just a way of describing how a tree sways.
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Onomatopoeia
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Example: “POP!”, went the balloon.
The word Pop describes the sound made by the balloon.
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Hyperbole
A word, sentence or claim exaggerating something that isn’t meant to be taken literally.
Example: I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!
The person doesn’t actually want to eat a horse, it is just a way of exaggerating that the person is hungry.
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Similie
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Example: The boy was like a cheetah!
or: The boy was as fast as a cheetah!
The boy was being compared to a cheetah for his ability to be fast.
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Idiom
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Example: Hanging the picture was a piece of cake!
This meant that it was very easy hanging the picture.
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Allusion
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Example: She’s Hitler, ripping my precious drawing.
The person isn’t actually Hitler. It is just a reference to WW2.
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