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Simile |
Figure of speech that compares 2 unlike things |
A lion purred like a kitten |
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Hyperbole |
A deliberate exaggeration used as a figure of speech |
My mom said that a million times |
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Alliteration |
Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words that are next to each other or near each other |
Fly away my fine feathered friend |
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Metaphor |
A comparison of 2 different to show a likeness between them that does not use like or as |
The teacher chimed the roll call Alice was drowning in tears |
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Personification |
Attributing to things that are not human the personalities and actions of humans |
Trees danced in the wind |
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Onomatopeia |
Words that are invented to imitate real sounds |
Bang crash boom zap whizz grrrr rip smash |
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Oxymoron |
Opposites beside each other |
Alone together Pretty ugly Awfully good |
