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Feb 26, 2013, 7:06:41 AM2/26/13
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Post an original example of each type of figurative language on your handout. The topic of each figure of speech should be school or education.

XIAOYAN ZHANG

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Feb 26, 2013, 6:28:33 PM2/26/13
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Mr.Loudon :

Simile:
            School is like jail, you can't leave when you full prison term.

Metaphor:
              Education is a mountain, you will climb higher when you   
              learn more.

Personification:
                       History can speak everything to you in different                        
                       periods.
Hyperbole:
                 My heart jumped out when I were doing the Open Mic.

Metonymy:
                  School gives notice that we have no school tomorrow.

Synecdoche:
                  Alliteration is my favorite figurative language in a poem.  
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JIA HUANG WEI

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Feb 26, 2013, 7:30:00 PM2/26/13
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Personification:the closed book appeared depressed.
   Metaphor:school is the home of good kids.
   Simile:poets are as intricate as their poetry.
   Hyperbole;iam dying to discover the answer.
   Metonymy:English department has suggested paperless.
   
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PANG YEN WU

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Feb 26, 2013, 8:11:46 PM2/26/13
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 Personification: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
simile:This contract is as solid as the ground we stand on.
Metaphor:she is the apple of my eye
hyperboles:I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
metonymies:We must wait to hear from the crown until we make any further decisions.
Synecdoche:The phrase "hired hands" can be used to refer to workmen.

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MING SHI ZOU

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Feb 26, 2013, 8:12:51 PM2/26/13
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Simile:   "school is like a boat , it will let each student to get their dream"
 
Metaphor:  Education is a seed, through our careful cultivation, lean  knowledge to became the tree.
 
Personification: Books can tell us a lot of things, even if we don't go outside.
 
Hyperbole: The open air-conditioned classrooms is like iceberg, so cold.
 
Metonymy:I often use dictionary to get the word's meaning
 
Synecdoche:The book let people know a lot knowledge about anything in life.
                     This book is Encyclopedia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HAI LUN MEI

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Feb 26, 2013, 8:17:41 PM2/26/13
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metaphor: Teachers is spring rain ,gives me the knowledge.                                          

Simile: School like my other house, let me feel warm.

 Personification: The book is a boat, it can help me to reach the shore of victory.

 Metonymy: I often Google some information to do homework.

Synecdoche: The building let know a lot of friend and let me study.

Hyperbole: The pressure from school makes me choking.

CUI JIN LU

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Feb 26, 2013, 8:19:03 PM2/26/13
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Simile:
 
School is like a warm home,we have a free lunch, free books and free MetroCard.
 
Metaphor:
 
School is the cradle of our growth.
 
Personification:
 
The school  wave to me with a smile.
 
Hyperbole:
 
Classroom was so silent that even the sound of a needle falling on the ground could even be heard.
 
Metonymy:
 
In the school,human soul engineer should be respected.
 
Synecdoche:
 
Mr.Loudon is human soul engineer of this school.
 

JIA YIN HUANG

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Feb 26, 2013, 8:23:37 PM2/26/13
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simile: After bell ring, walking at the hallway as crowd as walking in Chinese supermarket.

metaphor: Education is power which can help us move toward the success.

personification: Your work tells us how much you understand.

hyperbole: In the world of education, I am a little ant.

metonymy: School always says "hello" to students in every morning.

synecdoche:

1) part to whole: Every students fall the sleep when the hypnotist spoke.

2)whole to part:` Poetry is great education.

YIWEN JIANG

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Feb 26, 2013, 8:35:01 PM2/26/13
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`Simile:
              School is like a big family because over here students like brother or sister.
`Metaphor:
                  Teacher is a beacon lights of the sea.
`Personification:.
                          In the morning, everybody is not sober because wake up too early. The word on smartboard are dancing in the cheerful.
`Hyperbole:
                   When you find your counsclor to tell him to change your program,he will like a lion roars to you.
`Metonymy:
                   The pen is mightier than the sword, when author write literature about enemy country during the war.
`Synecdoche:
                      When after class ring bell ,the corridor is a sea of ​​faces.

JIA HUANG WEI

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Feb 26, 2013, 8:44:55 PM2/26/13
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 synecdoche;The effort of the uniform made the bathroom more secure.

JUN HAO FENG

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Feb 26, 2013, 9:06:11 PM2/26/13
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Simile:
  School is like a jail which trapped us in and force us to do the strenuous labors.
Metaphor:
  High school is spam E-mails that keep filling us with useless information.
Personification:
  Smart Boards works days and nights, yet nobody hear their whines.
Hyperbole:
  I'm going to tear the school down if Mr. Loudon keep give us humongous amount of work.
Metonymy:
  The school is crying out for more educational budgets.
Synecdoche:
  Our backpack is filled with papers. ( paper here is short for the homework and note.)
  

YING ZHOU

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Feb 26, 2013, 9:15:22 PM2/26/13
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simile:I saw 100 on my test as a child got a box of candies.
metaphor:Blackboard without chalk is teacher without student.
Personification:Sunflowers smiling to the children on the way to school. 
Hyperbole:She is crying to the any corner of the world because she lose her barbie doll.
Metonymy: Transitional 3 ESL M has suggested the new study style in the class which is paperless.
Synecdoche: Chinese tofu is tasty food.

XIN YANG

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Feb 26, 2013, 9:21:46 PM2/26/13
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Simile:
          School is like a big family, we study together.
Metaphor:
          A good book is a good teacher, we get a lot of message from it.
Personification:
          School is opening, and welcoming us.
hyperbole:
          I have a test today so I am too scaring to breath.
Metonymy:
         School will create many people who exceptional ability.
Synecdoche
          Books are my bread, I can live without it.
          
 

YING ZHOU

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Feb 26, 2013, 9:29:13 PM2/26/13
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Hyperbole:She is crying to the any corner of the world because she fail the geometry regent.
Metonymy: Transitional 3 ESL M has suggested the new study style for the class which is paperless. 
Synecdoche: His mom bought him a new set of wheels after he graduated.

ZHAO FENG TUNG

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Feb 26, 2013, 10:06:08 PM2/26/13
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Simile: My mother is as beautiful as a angel.
Metaphor: My brother is a talking machine.
Personification: Earth is sick and coughing.
Hyperbole: I throwing basketball like throwing a iron ball.
Metonymy: Google is my best friend.
Synecdoche: 
1)Facebook design is to know more people.
2)If want to know more people, you can use facebook.

KUNJUN JIANG

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Feb 26, 2013, 10:22:45 PM2/26/13
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Personification: The wave is roaring in the wind.
Metaphor: You are a pig.
Simile: She was beautiful as a rose.
Hyperbole: She run faster than the lightning.
Metonymy: Grey hairs are slow.
Synecdoche: I share the same roof with my friends.

KUNJUN JIANG

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Feb 26, 2013, 10:23:42 PM2/26/13
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JIA HUI LI

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Feb 26, 2013, 10:27:01 PM2/26/13
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SIMILE
   
   The passion like the sun in the summer。

Mataphor
 
  The book is the light in the dark night ,it will bring you to the right way。

Personificaction

   Flowers are standing  on  the  land and smile to welcome spring is  coming。

Hyperbole  
  
  The perfume of her is make me suffocation
   

METONYMY
   
   Google is a good way to help you to know the world。

SYNECDOCHE

  Many hands  make light work.

  
 

BIN HUANG

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Feb 26, 2013, 11:02:31 PM2/26/13
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simile-- life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get
metaphor-- the light  of my life. 
personification-- she did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door.
hyperbole-- i have a million things to do
Metonymy--We must wait to hear from thecrownuntil we make any further decisions.
synecdoche···Life was a wearing to him.

BERRIN VAROL

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Feb 27, 2013, 2:26:34 AM2/27/13
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Simili: School is like our second house.
Metaphor: School is an army and we're the soldiers of it.
Personification: School is crying in the weekends because students are not in there.
Hyperbole: They giving us to much work,and it takes 24 hours a day to do it.
Understatement: The final was to difficult I passed with just 99.
Imagery: When I was passing front of the bathroom I feel like I was in the garbage can.
Oxymoron: No one passed the test but everyone is to smart.
Metonymy:Teachers always give hand to the students.
Synecdoche: Young brains are the foundation of education.

ZHI YI ZHANG

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Feb 27, 2013, 8:16:32 AM2/27/13
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Personification:beautiful flower is singing a song to wecome the sun.
 Metaphor: The sunrase is the singal to tell you othetday is almost come.
Simile:school have a teacher as a solider to keep us on the right diretions.
Hyperbole:my swim is look like running at water.
Metonymy:School have use the google to support paperless.
Synecdoche:can we found more copper on the street
                     can we found more penny

WEN BIN CHEN

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Feb 28, 2013, 9:26:29 PM2/28/13
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Simile: My house like a Transformers.
Metaphor:She is beautiful, like an angel.
Personification:My dog is clever like a man.
Hyperbole:My heart is hurt like there is a knife cutting me.
Metonymy:Poet use their “guns” fight with the darkness.
Synecdoche:She was dressed in silks.

SAMANTHA SUAREZ NUNEZ

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Feb 28, 2013, 11:01:52 PM2/28/13
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Simile;My grandma is slow as a turtle.
Metaphor;I am an angel.
Personification;Rocks scream like my mom screams.
Hyperbole;I am starving that i could eat a crocodile.
Metonymy; If you do not study, you will not graduate.
Synecdoche;The babies brain are the smartest brains.

MARISOL GERMAN

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Mar 1, 2013, 6:13:15 PM3/1/13
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Imagery= All students were shocked when they heard that the school was burned.

Tone=school is the future of you life.

Trochee=Why is  school so complicated and hated
             school should be loved 
              school give us education .

understatement= school is no the best place for students to smoke

Hyperbole= I love education so much that i want to marry it

Oxymoron =useless education 

Pentameter=school is the light of future lets followed it.

 Stanza= I don't like school
                but what can i do
               school give me education 
                education make successful.

Rhythm= I was walking to school
              thinking of you
              how to forget those moments 
              where we were just you and me . 
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