Figurative Language REVIEW

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Metaphor definition:

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A sentence that doesn't use the words "like" or "as".

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Simile definition?

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A sentence that uses "like" or "as".

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Hyperbole:

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Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.

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Example of personification:

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"The tree leaves danced in the wind."

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Onomatopoeia describes noise effects like "Boom!" or "Pow!". In which style is it mostly used?

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Comics

Answer explanation

Other types of stories rarely use Onomatopoeia. But, in comics, Onomatopoeia is mostly relied on for it's visually appealing comical nature.

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IDIOM: "Get a taste of your own medicine"

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To be treated the same way that you've been treating others

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Figurative oxymoron: "That band concert was fantastically disappointing."

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"That band concert was fantastically disappointing."

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"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of what type of speech?

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Alliteration

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"The pilot is very afraid of planes" is an example of what type of figurative speech?

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Irony

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Proverb: "The first bird catches the worm."

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