Figurative Language Figurative Language: Descriptive language which is not meant to be taken in its literal sense Descriptive language which is not meant.

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Figurative Language

Figurative Language: Descriptive language which is not meant to be taken in its literal sense Descriptive language which is not meant to be taken in its literal sense We have learned about three kinds… We have learned about three kinds…

This bread is hard as rock!

Simile * A comparison between two unlike things

Life is a short story of conflicts and compromise.

Metaphor A word or phrase that originally meant one thing is used to mean another thing: an implicit comparison A word or phrase that originally meant one thing is used to mean another thing: an implicit comparison

The waves danced on the jagged rocks

Personification Personification giving human traits to non- human things giving human traits to non- human things

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