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1 Figurative Language Cheat Sheet

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Figurative Language
Cheat Sheet
Simile Metaphor Hyperbole
a comparison using like or as a direct comparison an extreme exaggeration
Example: He is as tall as a giraffe. Example: The snow is a white blanket. Example: The car is faster than the
Your Example: Your Example: speed of light!
Your Example:

Personification Alliteration Assonance


giving human traits to nonhuman repetition of initial consonant repetition of vowel sounds in two
objects sounds or more words close together
Example: The sun smiled at me. Example: She is calm, cool, and collected. Example: “Hear the mellow wedding
Your Example: Your Example: bells.” – Edgar Allan Poe
Your Example:

Idiom
a phrase that has both a figurative and literal meaning
Examples: butterflies in my stomach, raining cats and dogs, couch potato
Your Example:

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