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Figurative Language

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  • She sang like an angel.
    Similie
  • Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
    Alliteration
  • This is the worst day of my life.
    Hyperbole
  • Exaggeration for effect
    Hyperbole
  • Giving human qualities to a non-human item
    Personification
  • The leaves danced on the ground.
    Personification
  • The repetition of beginning sound of words near each other
    Alliteration
  • Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
    Similie
  • You are the apple of my eye!
    Metaphor
  • Words that mean something different than their literal meaning
    Figurative Language
  • He was as strong as an ox!
    Idiom
  • I can't just pick you up at the drop of a hat!
    Idiom
  • Comparing two things by describing something as something it isn't (for example: love is a battlefield)
    Metaphor
  • Welp, the cat's out of the bag.
    Idiom
  • A saying that has a different meaning than what it literally says
    Idiom