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Simile

Personification

The definition of simile is:a comparison statement uses "like" or "as".

The definition of personification is:a representation of an idea or attribute.

Example "She dealt with moral problems as a cleaver deals with meat.

Example:The first rays of morning tiptoed through the morning.

Metaphor

The definition of metaphor is: a figure of speech equating two things.

Example:I pasted a mayor Nagin's speech onto the metaphor observatory.Saving data is gluing data-just as a good point sticks in our mind.

Cliche

Vocabulary

The definition of cliche is: An overused expression that has lost meaning.

Example:In the nick of time:This means something happened just in time.

Figurative Language

Hyperbole

The definition of hyperbole is:Extreme exaggeration

Example:You try to call someone on their cell phone about 3 to 4 times and they don't answer. When they eventually get back to you, you say something like "I called you a million times! " Here you haven't called a million times,but you've called a lot.

Idiom

The definition of idiom is: Commonly understood usage of language.

Example:He really went to town for that issue.

Alliteration

The definition of alliteration is:a phrase were all words begin with the same sound.

Example:"She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore".

onomatopoeia

The definition of onomatopoeia is: words that imitate their sound,such as buzz.

Example:The moans of doves in immemorial elms,and murmuring of innumerable bees.

Pun

Analogy

The definition of analogy is:explanation comparing two different things.

The definition of pun is: play with words.

Example:The relationship between them begin to thaw.This means that the relationship was changing.

Example:When i got the bill for the engine rebuild,i blew a gasket!

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