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Unleashing the Power of Figurative Language in Writing

Discover the art of Figurative Language with examples of simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, understatement, alliteration, and idioms. Enhance your writing skills by mastering these creative literary tools.

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Unleashing the Power of Figurative Language in Writing

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  1. By: Nathan Towery Figurative Language

  2. Simile • Uses to things to compare like or as. He is as slow as a turtle.

  3. Metaphor • To things that are being compared without using like or as. • The people are animals.

  4. Personification • Giving human traits to objects or ideas. • The water shivered with the sunlight.

  5. Onomatopoeia • Words that represent the actual sound of something are words of onomatopoeia. • The rain drops fell on the house.

  6. Hyperbole • Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect. • He is a million years old.

  7. Understatement • Expression with less strength than expected. • We will be there in no time.

  8. Alliteration • Mrs. Shook should surely sleep late. • The repetition of the first consonant sound in words.

  9. Idioms • Expressions that don’t mean what exactly what they say. • When her company went out of business her money went down the drain.

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