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My favorite animal is my dog, Jack the Dog. *He can be as ornery as my grandmother when she is hungry, and as crazy as a toddle after eating a pixie stick. *His fur is as soft as a fleece blanket.

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Penguins are boring. Zebras are much better. 

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Penguins are boring. Zebras are much better. 

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 I would sleep in the wild and follow them around all day.

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 I would sleep in the wild and follow them around all day.

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I wish I could go to Africa and run with the zebras.

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I wish I could go to Africa and run with the zebras.

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I like zebras, because they are black and white.

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My favorite animal is a panda. They are as white as snow and as dark as the night sky.

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My favorite animal is a dog. I like dogs because they go "ruff". I want a dog that is as fun as

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The curious cat crept up on the dog. The dog dart down the street from the cat.

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I love horses because they are as *fast as a *race car. They have beautiful manes that glisten *like the sun.

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My favorite animal is a dog. Dogs are sometimes as big as bears. Dogs are like humans. Dogs make barking sounds like woof woof.

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My favorite animal is a cat. *Cats are as fast as lightning. *Their teeth are knives. *As the cat goes around the house all you hear is meow.

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I like dogs because they are energetic and cute. Dogs have their own personalities. Some dogs are fluffy and soft like pillows. Dogs say woof.

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My favorite animals are dolphins. *They like to play like dogs and even play fetch. *They like to swim and splash around. *They have friends and like to talk to each other.

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Manatees are as round* as a baseball. Manatees cry *when people don't pet them. They live in the waters of Florida. Florida kinda sucks to be honest. Disney world is pretty cool though.

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Every dog goes *woof, woof when a mailman or lady comes to the door.

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I absolutely love Kangaroos! *They are like giant teddy bears. *Whenever they jump they make a thump sound. *They are graceful, gentle, giants. If I was to have a pet I would choose a Kangaroo. *They make me as happy as a child on Christmas Day.

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*I like penguins because they glide on ice like new socks on a wooden floor. Penguins are so cute! *Penguins are fluffy like small yellow lab puppies. *Penguins are as soft as a pillow. I love penguins.

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Write a five sentence story about your favorite animal using as many examples of figurative language as you can.
After you have written, go back re read your story and place a * before the sentence that has an example of figurative language.
Remember to put your name somewhere in the post.

Remember the 7 types of figurative language we have discussed are:
simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, oxymoron, alliteration and consonance.

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*Every bee goes buzz. *Bees are fuzzy like blankets. *Bees are hard workers. They live in a big hive with a queen. *All the bees like the queen because she's as pretty as a flower.

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I love dogs. Dogs are *as cuddly as a blanket. Lions are also a very cool animal. They love to sleep *as much as a sloth does. Sloths are cool.