| A | B |
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| Figurative Language Definition | The words don't mean what they say |
| Figurative Language Example | It's raining cats and dogs. |
| Literal Language Definition | The words mean what they say. |
| Literal Language Example | Turn off the lights means turn off the lights. |
| Personification Definition | When a thing that's not a person acts like a person |
| Personification Example | The waves were eating the beach. |
| Simile Definition | Comparing two things using like or as |
| Simile Example | The stars were sparking like candles on a birthday cake. |
| Metaphor Definition | Comparing using name calling |
| Metaphor Example | He's a bullet when he runs the race. |
| Hyperbole Definition | An exaggeration |
| Hyperbole Example | My mother told me fifty million times to clean my room. |
| Onomatopoeia Definition | When a word is spelled like the sound it makes |
| Onomatopoeia Example | Baa |
| Alliteration Definition | A sentence having three or more words starting with the same letter |
| Alliteration Example | Winds blow wickedly wild in the woods. |
