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"You are as brave as a lion"
Simile
"She sells by the seashore"
Alliteration
"The stars winked at me"
Pesonification
"You have a heart of a lion"
Metaphor
Uses exaggeration...
Hyperbole
Uses like or as...
Simile
A mental image, using your senses...
Imagery
"It was dark and dim in the forest"
Imagery
"She spilled the beans"
Idiom
Compares two different things...
Metaphor
A sound written out as a word...
Onomatopoeia
Giving human qualities to a non-human item...
Personification
Words that mean something different than their literal meaning...
Figurative Language
Two opposing words for dramatic effect...
Oxymoron
Where a person says one thing but means the opposite...
Irony
"A dove is a symbol of peace"
Symbolism
"You're kiwing me"
Pun
"I'm so confused, my head is spinning"
Hyperbole
"It is so nice of you to tell my secrets"
Irony
A comparison between two different things to show their similarities...
Analogy