Figurative Language

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Figurative language that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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simile

Front

Compares two unlike things without using like or as.

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metaphor

Front

Figurative language that attributes human traits to non-human entities.

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personification

Front

Figurative language that repeats the same sound at the start of words, akin to a tongue twister.

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alliteration

Front

Figurative language that is an extreme exaggeration.

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hyperbole

Front

Figurative language that represents a sound.

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onomatopoeia

Front

Figurative language that doesn't mean what it says, e.g., 'raining cats and dogs.'

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idiom

Front

Figurative language means what it says.

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False

Front

She is as fast as lightning is an example of a _____________.

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simile

Front

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is an example of __________________.

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alliteration