1. Edit the text with your own short phrase. Move the sparkles as you like. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your existing presentation. Note: This animation looks best on a dark background.

2. What is a metaphor? A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which is not literally valid.

3. Examples of a metaphor I am on a roller coaster that only goes up. The kids at school are all brains

4. What is idiom? A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.

5. Example of a idiom. Two heads are better than one. She has a bee in her bonnet.

6. What is a simile? A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more powerful or vibrant.

7. Example of a simile With out my glasses I am as blind as a bat

8. What is a personification A figure intended to represent an abstract quality.

9. Example of a personification The angry sky roared and through lightning around.

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