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| idiom | an expression that cannot be understood or translated "word for word". |
| idiom examples | bee in her bonnet, penny for your thoughts, age before beauty |
| alliteration | repeated consonant sounds |
| alliteration examples | fine feather friends, whispering winds whooshing wildly, betty bought beautiful bananas |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| hyperbole examples | I cried a river of tears, I had so much homework, I needed a truck to take my books home |
| metaphor | The comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as, but are alike in some way |
| metaphor examples | she is a rock on the subject, all the world is a stage |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| simile examples | as cold as ice, my head is as hot as an iron |
| onomatopoeia | Words that sound like they are, imitation of a sound in word form |
| onomatopoeia examples | boom, buzz, clop, clop, boink, eek |
| personification | making an object (not alive) act like a person |
| personification examples | The wind stood up and gave a shout, My computer hates me, The car winked at me |
| puns | A play on two words similar in sound but different in meaning |
| puns examples | We almost got creamed by a milk truck. I was udderly terrified.,The dentist's alibi was full of holes, |
