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Figurative Language or Figures of Speech

Alliteration, hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoeia, paradox, personification, simile

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Alliteration is ...repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Hyperbole is ...exaggeration.
A metaphor is ...saying that a thing is or was something else.
Onomatopoeia is using ...words that imitate sounds.
A paradox is ...a silly but meaningful statement.
Personification is ...making a thing or an animal act like a person.
A simile is ...a comparison using the words as or like.
An example of alliteration is ...Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers ...
An example of hyperbole is ...The pancakes had only one side!
An example of a metaphor is ...Mother, you are an angel!
Some examples of onomatopoeia are ...Boom! Jingle. Whoosh! Hum.
An example of a paradox is ..."Youth is wasted on the young".
An example of personification is ...The river gobbled up a house.
An example of a simile is ...He is as graceful as a mule on ice.
A figure of speech is ...a creative way of talking or writing.
Types of figurative language include ...metaphor, simile, alliteration, paradox, onomatopoeia, personification, and hyperbole.


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Shoemaker Elem.
Gate City, VA

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