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Expressive language
similes, metaphors, personifications and hyperbole
41
English
4th Grade
03/22/2011

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Thoughts are a storm, unexpected
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Metaphor
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• It’s raining men
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Metaphor
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• Spiritual seeking is treasure hunting
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Metaphor
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• He has a voice of a wolf
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Metaphor
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• Her hair was bone white
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Metaphor
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• Love is fire
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Metaphor
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• Her lips were butterflies
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Metaphor
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• He is the sun of my sky
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Metaphor
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• He swam in the sea of diamonds
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Metaphor
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• His belt was a snake curling around his waist
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Metaphor
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As old as the hills
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Simile
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• As obstinate as a mule
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Simile
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• As quick as a wink
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Simile
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• As plain as day
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Simile
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• As light as a feather
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Simile
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• As proud as a peacock
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Simile
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• As slow as a snail
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Simile
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• As innocent as a lamb
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Simile
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• As smooth as silk
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Simile
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• As easy as apple-pie
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Simile
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• The house was lazy and unkempt.
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Personification
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• The wind wailed as it moved around the haunted house.
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Person.
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• The sun was playing hide and seek with the clouds.
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Person.
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• My computer hates to do my homework.
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Person.
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• The wind whispered softly in my ears.
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Person.
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• The camera loves me.
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Person.
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• The angry lightning danced across the sky.
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Person.
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• The trees were begging for water.
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Person.
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• The branches bowed to the ground.
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Person.
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• The Halloween pumpkin smiled at me.
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Person.
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• Stars bring me up with you, bring me to the place you sleep. I wonder how they do it.
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Person.
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• I am so tired I could sleep for a year.
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Hyperbole
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• Maybe I'll do it in a million years.
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Hyper.
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• I told you a thousand times!
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Hyper.
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• I don't have two cents to rub together.
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Hyper
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• My car is a million years old.
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Hyper.
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• His teeth were blinding white.
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Hyper.
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• Her smile was a mile wide.
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Hyper.
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• I had a ton of homework.
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Hyper.
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• The whole world was staring at me.
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Hyper.
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• I could eat a horse.
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Hyper.
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