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Examples of Figurative Language
Definitions of Figurative Language
100
Where the narrator knows nothing about anybody's feelings and only knows the facts.
third-person objective
100
That marshmallow is light and so is my pillow.
metaphor
100
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
simile
200
The narrator only knows one character's thoughts or feelings.
third-person limited
200
that marshmallow is light like my pillow
simile
200
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
metaphor
300
The narrator is all-knowing
third-person omniscient
300
Sally Sells Sea Shells at the Sea shore
alliteration
300
Giving a non-human human like qualities
Personification
400
Example "I won this crown because I won in the beauty pageant and I was the best.
first person
400
The wind whistled through the grass.
personification
400
a word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to.
Onomatopoeia
500
Example "You can do it, I know you can. You can be the best if you just try your hardest"
Second Person
500
She punched him "POW"
onomatopoeia
500
when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence
alliteration