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Helping verbs can also be used all by themselves (without another verb) in sentences. Here are some examples:
Joe is six feet tall.
They are all over five years old.
I am cold.
Jill can drink all she wants.
Harry should write a letter to her.
Figurative Language
There are different types of figurative language. We will discuss exaggeration, personification, simile, and metaphor. Here are some examples of each:
EXAGGERATION: The writer stretches the truth to make the story more
interesting or funny.
EXAMPLE: The fog was so thick you could slice it with a knife.
PERSONIFICATION: The writer gives human qualities to nouns that
aren't actually human.
EXAMPLE: The house watched us as we walked past it.
SIMILE: The writer compares two things that are not the same
using the word like or as.
EXAMPLE: Jill could run like a cheetah.
METAPHOR: The writer compares to things that are not the same
and states that one thing is the other.
EXAMPLE: Jill was a busy bee.
LITERAL: The sky was full of clouds.
EXAGGERATION: There were more clouds than sky today.
PERSONIFICATION: The sky begged to be free of the clouds.
SIMILE: The sky was like a bucket full of clouds.
METAPHOR: The sky was a bucket full of clouds.