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Anyone know what the definition for these words mean.

Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Colloquialism

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simile compares two things using the words "like" and "as"

metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things

personification is giving human characteristics to non-living objects

colloquialism is the use of ordinary or familiar words or phrases

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Simile is comparing two things using like or as, metaphor is stating that the two things are alike. Personification is giving something not living human traits.
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