Figurative Language Examples Definitions – Flashcards
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Simile
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I'm running around like a chicken with its head cut off.
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Metaphor
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I'm a big scaredy cat.
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Onomatopoeia
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"Bang!" went the gun.
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Hyperbole
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I have a ton of homework to do tonight. It's going to take me forever to finish.
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Idiom
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Well that's a piece of cake!
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Personification
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The sun peeked through the clouds.
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Analogy
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Even in his last years, Granddad had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long it had rusted shut.
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Simile
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You look like a clown with all that make up on.
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You are my sunshine.
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Onomatopoeia
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The basketball swooshed right in the net.
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Hyperbole
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That's the funniest thing I've ever heard!
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Idiom
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I feel like a fish out of water.
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Personification
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The leaves danced in the wind.
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Analogy
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The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.
