Figurative Language review

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What is a simile?

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figurative language that compares two unlike things using "as" or "like"

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She swims like a ________.

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fish

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The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store. What does this simile mean?

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The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs.

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Metaphor: A comparison that does not use "like" or "as".

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A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as".

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Identify the metaphor: His hair is fire in the sunlight.

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His hair is fire in the sunlight.

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The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days.

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Made others happy.

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Personification

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Giving human traits to non-human things.

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Wind personified in a dark forest.

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The wind

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What is personified in Alice's sarcastic remark about her missing pencil?

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The pencil

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Example of personification:

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The Sun smiled at us.