Figurative Language 

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Metaphor- a comparison of two things not using ‘like or as’

            Example: You are my knight in shinning armor.

Simile- a comparison of two things using ‘like or as’

            Example: The calm girl is as cool as a cucumber.

Personification- giving human qualities to something not human

            Example: The sun smiled down on the town.

Hyperbole- Exaggeration

            Example: I could listen to that song forever.

Idiom- a common saying that means more than the words themselves say

            Example: You can’t take it with you.