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Figurative Language (Part 3)
đ Hyperbole (áĄáá˝ááşáĄáááşá¸ááťá˛áˇááŹá¸ááźáąáŹááźááşá¸)
Hyperbole áááŻááŹá áááŻááşááźáąáŹááťááşáá˛áˇ á
áááşáá°á¸á
áááşáááşá¸á áĄááťáááşááŹáá ááśá
áŹá¸ááťááş á
ááŹáá˝áąááᯠáááŻáááŻáĄááąá¸áĄáááşááąáŹáşááźááźáŽá¸ áĄáá˝ááşáĄáááşá¸ááťá˛áˇááŹá¸ááźáąáŹáá˛áˇ áĽáá
áŹá
ááŹá¸ááźá
áşááŤáááşá
Examples_
- It's going to take a million years to get there!
(ááŽáááŻááąáŹááşáááŻáˇ áážá
áşáááşá¸ááąáŤááşá¸ááťáŹá¸á
á˝áŹ ááźáŹááááˇáşáááşá)
- I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!
(ááŤáĄáááşá¸áááŻááşááŹááąááŹá ááźááşá¸áá
áşááąáŹááşáááŻááąáŹááş á
áŹá¸áááŻááşáááşá)
- I'm so tired, I could sleep for a century!
(ááŤáĄáááşá¸áááşáááşá¸ááąááŹá ááŹá
áŻáážá
áşáá
áşááŻááŻáśá¸ áĄáááşáááŻááşáááşá)
đšCommon examples_
1. Iâm literally freezing to death.
2. He runs faster than the speed of light.
3. This bag weighs a ton.
4. Itâs taking forever.
5. Iâm dying of laughter.
6. Heâs older than the hills.
7. She cried a river.
8. Itâs boiling hot outside.
9. I have a ton of homework.
10. That was the worst day of my life.
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Alliteration (áĄáášáááŹáá°áĄá
ááźáŻá
ááŹá¸ááŻáśá¸ááťáŹá¸)
Alliteration áááŻááŹá tongue twisters áááŻááŤáá˛á áĄáášáááŹáá°áá˛áˇá
áá˛áˇ á
ááŹá¸ááŻáśá¸áá˝áąááᯠáááşááá˛áá˛ááŻáśá¸áá˛áˇ ááťážáŹáááŻááşáááŻááşáĄáąáŹááşááąá¸áá˛áˇáááşá¸ááŤá
Examples_
- Three tired tigers.
(áááşáááşá¸áá˝ááşá¸áááşááąáá˛áˇ ááťáŹá¸ááŻáśá¸ááąáŹááşá)
- The silly snake slithered.
(ááŻáśá¸áááşáá˛áˇááźá˝áąááąáŹááşá ááááşáá˝áąáá˝áŹá¸áááşá)
- Giddy goats galloped gracefully.
(ááťáąáŹáşáá˝ážááşâááąáá˛áˇááááşâáá˝áą ááźáąáŹáˇááźáąáŹáˇááąáŹáˇááąáŹáˇááźáąá¸áá˝ážáŹá¸âááąááźáááşá)
đš Common examples_
1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
2. She sells seashells by the seashore.
3. Busy buzzing bees.
4. Whispering winds whirled wildly.
5. Big brown bears bellowed boldly.
6. Silly snakes slither silently.
7. The wild winds whipped wildly.
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Oxymoron (áááˇáşááťááşáááşá
ááŹá¸ááŻáśá¸áá˝á˛)
Oxymoron áááŻááŹá áááˇáşááťááşáááşáĄáááášááŹááşáážáááąáŹ á
ááŹá¸ááŻáśá¸áážá
áşááŻáśá¸ááᯠáá˝á˛áááşáĄááŻáśá¸ááźáŻááŹá¸ááąáŹ á
ááŹá¸ááŻáśá¸áĄáážááźá
áşááŤáááşá
Examples_
- After the explosion, there was a deafening silence.
(ááťááşááąáŹááşáá˛áˇááąáŤááşáá˝á˛ááśáĄááźáŽá¸ ááááşáážááşáĄáąáŹááş ááááşááááşáá˝áŹá¸áá˛áˇáááąáŹ)
- Graduating was a bittersweet momentâI was proud but sad to leave my friends.
(áá˝á˛áˇááá˛áˇááąáŹááşááŻáśá¸ááąáˇáááŻáᏠááŻááşáá°á
ááŹááąáŹááşá¸áááᯠáá°áááşááťááşá¸áá˝áąááᯠáá˝á˛áááŹáááŻáˇ áááşá¸áááşá¸á
ááŹáááşá¸ááąáŹááşá¸ááááşáááŻááŹááᯠbittersweet áááŻáˇ ááŻáśá¸áááŻááşááŹááŤ)
- After three nights with no sleep, I felt like the living dead.
(á á áááşáááŻááşááĄáááşááąáŹáˇ áá°á ááąááááŻááᯠáááşáááşá¸ááąáááşáááŻáá˛áˇáááąáŹ)
đš Common examples
1. That comedianâs routine was seriously funny!
2. Please bring the original copy of your birth certificate.
3. He wore a headset to explore a virtual reality game.
4. She looked clearly confused after hearing the complex instructions.
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With love,
Tr. Aye Moh
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