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Simile

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comparing two unlike things using words such as "like" or "as" Example: They fought like cats and dogs!

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

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Metaphor

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comparing two unlike things NOT using words such as "like" or "as" Example: How could she marry that snake?

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Onomatopoeia

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imitates a sound

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that create a picture in your mind

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Hyperbole

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exaggeration

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Alliteration

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words that have the same beginning sounds together

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Pun

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A play on words using the double meaning for fun

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Idiom

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an expression that says one thing but means something else

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Figurative Language

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word play

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Assonance

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repeating vowel sounds

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Simile

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Comparing two unlike things using words such as "like" or "as" Example: The sisters fought like cats and dogs!

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Metaphor

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Comparing two unlike things NOT using the words "like" or "as." Example: How could she marry a snake like that?

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Personification

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Giving an object or animal human feelings, thoughts, attitudes or actions.

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration for effect.

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Alliteration

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Repeated beginning consonant sounds. Example: The fog filtered over the field finally hiding the fence.

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Idiom

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A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. Example: Seeing the world through rose colored glasses = not seeing clearly or ignoring the bad in life.

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Personification

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Example sentence: The delicious bread danced in my stomach.

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Idiom

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Example sentence: When singing at church, my mom always said "break a leg."

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Alliteration

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Example sentence: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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Hyperbole

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Example sentence: I've said that a million times.

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Metaphor

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Example sentence: Matthew is a tall, cool drink of water.

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Idiom

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Example sentence: Getting an A on this test is a piece of cake.

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Simile

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Example sentence: Jose sleeps like a log.

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Idiom

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A phrase commonly used in everyday language that doesn't make sense in another language.

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Metaphor

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A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

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Simile

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A comparison of two unlike things using "Like" or "As."

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to something non-human.

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration

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Alliteration

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Definition: Repetition of consonant sounds.

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Onomatopoeia

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Examples: Bang!, hiss, drip, whoosh

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Figurative Language

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Cannot be taken literally (word for word)

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Hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration or stretching of the truth.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Charlie gazed hopelessly at the endless pile of bills stretching across the counter.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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That woman has no self-control.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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That was the easiest question in the world.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Nothing can bother him.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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I can smell pizza from a mile away.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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I went home and made the biggest sandwich of all time.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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My dad is always working.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Allie has a million pairs of shoes in her closet.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Old Mr. Johnson has been teaching here since the Stone Age.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Forget knocking it out of the park, Frank can knock a baseball off the continent.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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The lesson was taking forever.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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I've seen this movie at least 80,000 times.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Vanessa never has anything interesting to say.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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These shoes are killing me.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Shauna does everything for him.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Christmas will never come.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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He walked down the road to nowhere.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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My dad knows everything about cars.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Max is the fastest thing on two feet.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Basketball is the only thing that ever mattered to him.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Nothing can stop these guys.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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My mom is going to kill me.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Nobody can beat level six.27. You've made me the happiest man alive, Rita.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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We'll be best friends forever.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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I will never say "never."

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Chris won't drive her home because she lives on the other side of the universe.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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The only thing that he ever wants to do is play that game.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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John always knows the right thing to say.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Phoebe would be content anywhere.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Nothing could ever go wrong with his plan.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Pam was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Jasmine never forgets anything.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Everyone knows that.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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41. Go to the park? That's the best idea ever.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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I'd move mountains for her.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Tanya never stops talking.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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I can't do anything right.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Janet worked her fingers to the bone.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Jack was thirsty enough to drink a river dry.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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She is perfect in every way.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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Your dad is the smartest guy in the world.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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We tried everything that we could.

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Hyperbole (Example)

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I could listen to that song on repeat forever.

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The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

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stars danced

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The run down house appeared depressed

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house appeared depressed

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Lightning danced across the sky

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lightning danced

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I heard the last piece of pie calling my name

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pie calling

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The ocean waves lashed out at the boat and the storm continued to brew.

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ocean waves lashed out

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The fire ran wild

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fire ran

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The book was so popular it flew off the shelves

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the book flew

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The blizzard swallowed the town

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blizzard swallowed

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My life came screeching to a halt

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life halted

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My alarm clock yells at me every morning

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alarm clock yells

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The popcorn leapt out of the bowl

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popcorn leaped

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My car headlights winked at me

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car headlights winked

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The camera loves me

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camera loves

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The evil tree was lurking in the shadows

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tree lurked

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The waffle jumped up out of the toaster

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waffle jumped

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He did not realize that his last chance was walking out the door

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chance walking

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The candle fame danced in the dark

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flame danced

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Her life passed her by

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life passed

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The car, painted lime green, raced by screaming for attention

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car screamed

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The phone awakened with a mighty ring

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phone awakened

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Similie

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Old marley was as dead as a doornail

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Similie

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Hard and sharp as a flint from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire,secret,and self-contained,and solitary as an oyster

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Metaphor

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He carried his own low temperature always about with him;he iced his office in the dog days;and didnt thaw it one degree on christmas

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Personification

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The heaviest rain,and snow,and hail,and sleet,could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect

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Personification

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"We chose this time,because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices."

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Personification

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The ancient tower of a church whose gruff old bell was always peeping slyly down at Scrooge...

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Personification

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The owner of one scant young nose, gnawed and mumbled by the hungry cold as bones are gnawed, stooped down at Scrooge's keyhole to regale him with a christmas carol

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Similie

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It was not in impenetrable shadow, as the other objects in the yard were, but had a dismal light about it, like a bad lobster in a dark cell.

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Personification

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Upon its coming in, the dying flame leapes up as though it cried,"I know him!Marleys Ghost!" and fella again

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Metaphor

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"On the wings of the wind," replied the Ghost.

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Metaphor

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The deadlings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"

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Personification

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...if night had beaten off bright day and taken possession of the world.

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Onomatopeia

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"A quarter past,"said Scrooge counting. "Ding,dong!"

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Hyperbole

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He was conscious of a thousand odors floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts,and hopes,and joys,and cares long, long forgotten!

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Similie

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...back before you could have got to twelve,panting like race-horses.

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Personification

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...blew the fire, until the slow potatoes,bubbling up,knocked loudly at the saucepan lid to be let out and peeled.

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Personification

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And bore him off in the wash house that he might hear the puddinf singing in the copper

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Similie

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"As good as gold," said Bob,"and better."

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Similie

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...flushed but smiling proudly with the pudding like a speckled cannon ball

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Personification

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While chestnuts on the fire sputtered and crackled noisily

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Similie

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The noisy little Cratchits were as still as statues in one corner

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Similie

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I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy

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Onomatopeia

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Clash,clash,hammer;ding,dong, bell!

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Hyperbole

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"I am much obliged to you! I thank you fifty times. Bless you!"

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