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Figurative Language
Simile
• Compare 2 ideas/objects
or 1 object and 1 idea
that are similar using
LIKE or AS (como,
parecido a, cual, tal,
así)
Examples:
• Cute as a kitten
• Life is like a box of
chocolates
• Tus dientes blancos
como perlas
Hyperbole
• An exaggeration
Examples:
-I’ve told you a million
times.
-I am so hungry I could eat
a horse.
-Mil gracias.
Alliteration
• Two or more words in a
row starting with the
same sound
Examples:
- She sells sea shells by
the sea shore
- finales, fugaces,
fugitivos fuegos
fundidos en tu piel
fundada
Metaphor
• Comparison of 2 unlike
objects, ideas, thoughts
or feelings to provide a
clearer description
Examples:
• Apple of my eye
• The light of my life
• Eres la luz de mi vida
Personification
• Giving human
characteristics to nonliving things, ideas, or
animals.
Examples:
-Opportunity was
knocking at the door.
-Her life passed her by.
-Las estrellas nos
miraban mientras la
ciudad sonreía
Oxymoron
• Two words that are
contradictory
Examples:
- Pretty ugly
- Definite maybe
- Sweet sorrow
- Copia original
Onomatopoeia
• A word that sounds like
the common sound of
the object it is
describing
Examples:
-Choo choo  train
-Bzzz bzzz  bee
-el kikirikí del gallo
-el tic-tac del reloj
Foreshadow
• Giving a hint
beforehand that
something is going to
happen
• Presagio
• Examples:
– Gray clouds storm
Symbolism
• Giving special meaning
to objects, things,
relationships or events
• Examples:
– Flag country,
patriotism
– Ring  wedding,
promise, engagement
– Cross  religion, God