Similes and Metaphors
Examples Part 1
Examples Part 1
Meanings Part 1
Meanings Part 2
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Jamie is as busy as a beaver.
simile
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Similes
He is as cold as ice.
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Hyperbole
He is so hungry that he can eat a cow.
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Definition of Similes?
A comparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as".
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Definition of Hyperbole
A description that exaggerates
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Matthew and Jayden are best friends!
They are 2 peas in a pod
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Metaphor
Time is money.
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Oxymoron
Awfully good
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Definition of Metaphor
A comparison of 2 unlike things without using "like" or "as"by saying one thing is another.
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Definition of Oxymoron
A pair of words that contradict each other.
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Your eyes are sparkling like diamonds
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Personification
The wind sang its mournful song through the falling leaves
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Idiom
The test was a piece of cake.
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Definition of Personification
Giving human traits(qualities, feelings, or actions) to non-human things.
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Definition of Idiom
A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say.
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She is an old goat.
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Alliteration
Careless cars cutting corners create confusion.
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Definition of Alliteration
Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of 2 or more neighboring words.
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The news was lightning fast
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Onomatopoeia
"Vroom", goes the car engine.
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Definition of Onomatopoeia
The use of a word that sounds like an actual sound that is heard.