Five Figurative Languages Types
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Simile:
¨...it was getting hotter like the sun.¨
Meaning:
- it was getting hotter
- it was warmer
Metaphor:
"David was a gun pointing at Janet."
Meaning:
David was staring at Janet like a gun pointing at someone.
Idiom:
"He would bite someone."
meaning:
David would get very mad.
Hyperbole:
"Instead, other people were hogging the line."
Meaning:
People aren´t on the line, they are on their phones.
Pun:
"'A vulture tries to board a plane holding two dead opossums. The attendant said, "sorry one carrion per passenger."'"
Reason:
Carry on:
carry on to something.
Carrion:
a dead decaying animal.