Figurative Language

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Figurative language for extreme exaggeration?

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hyperbole

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Figurative language that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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Figurative language with the same starting sound in a phrase.

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alliteration

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Figurative language that gives advice or help?

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Adages and proverbs

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Figurative language that creatively expresses meaning beyond the literal:

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idiom

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Figurative language: "The moon smiled at me."

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personification

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Figurative language: "I am as hungry as a bear."

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Simile

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Figurative language: "The stars will cry."

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personification

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Evelyn felt "under the weather" and couldn't take the test. Meaning?

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sick

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Steve is the cheetah of his track team. What figurative language?

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metaphor