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Figurative Speeches


Figurative Speeches are:


S Simile

H Hyperbole

A Alliteration

M Metaphor

P Personification

O Onomatopoeia


Simile


- a comparison between two unlike things using the word "like", "as" or "than"


  • He is as blind as a bat

  • He is larger than life

  • It is black as night

  • She eats like a bird



Hyperbole


- uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

  • I've told you a million times

  • I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

  • Your backpack weighs a ton



Alliteration


- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.


  • Carly cooked a Casserole

  • Will wanted warm weather

  • Boston baked beans



Metaphor


- an expression that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to possess similar characteristics.


  • Laughter is the best medicine

  • His words are wisdom

  • Life is a journey

  • Her eyes were ice



Personification


- giving human qualities to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions.


  • The hyena laughed

  • The snowflakes danced

  • The fog crept in

  • The wind howled



Onomatopoeia


- a word that sounds like what it is describing.

  • Click

  • Meow

  • Buzz

  • Drizzle

  • Whoosh

  • Splat

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