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Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally Figurative Language Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally

Metaphor Describes one thing as if it were another; compares two unlike things by saying one is or was the other EX-The snow was a white blanket over the meadow.

Simile Comparison using like or as EX-She is as slow as a turtle. Tim’s scream is as loud as a siren.

Personification Gives human qualities to something that is not human EX-The sea crashed angrily during the storm. The hands of time ticked swiftly by.