Figurative Language Review

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'You are like a ray of sunshine!'

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Example of simile

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Strong exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds'

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metaphor

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Silly Sammy swam so smoothly

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Alliteration

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Alliteration

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Flame danced in the dark

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Personification

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration

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Tex was tickled as he tasted the tarantula's toes

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alliteration

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Simile

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Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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50 million years to put on shoes

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hyperbole