Examples of Figurative Language – "Schooled" – Flashcards

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His face was a thundercloud.
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Metaphor
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Stay away from them. They will chop you up and press you into salami.
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Idiom
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So there I was waving my arms, like a turkey amped up on mountain dew.
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Simile
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His clothes looke like pajama's, and his shoes were something out of a social studies project on the pioneer days.
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Metaphor
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Crash! It was a tray to tray collision. My split pea soup splashed onto his egg salad sandwich, his tator tots flipped into my banana cream pie, his snapple tipped over raining down on my shoes.
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Onomatopoeia
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Then he rummaged through the cabinets and took out enough chemicals to create a small nuclear bomb.
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Hyberbole
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They were already airborn, coming in like a wave of guided missiles.
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Simile
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He looked like a weeping willow on soggy sandals.
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Simile
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