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Figurative Language: Idioms, Similes, and Metaphors

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 * ** Alliteration ** || The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables || The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by ||
 * **Assonance** || A resemblance of sound in words or syllables || holy & stony andFleet feet sweep by sleeping geese ||
 * ** Cliche ** || A word or phrase that has become overly familiar or commonplace || No pain, no gain ||
 * ** Hyperbole ** || Big exaggeration, usually with humor || mile-high ice-cream cones ||
 * ** Idiom ** || The language peculiar to a group of people || She sings at the top of her lungs ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">** Metaphor ** || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">Her hair was silk ||
 * <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">**Onomatopoeia** || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">buzz, hiss, roar, woof ||
 * <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">**Personification** || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">Giving something human qualities || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy hugged him close ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">** Simile ** || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as || <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand;">The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">** Simile ** || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as || <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',sand;">The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky ||

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