Figurative Language Flashcard

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Allusion

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Indirect reference to a person, place, or event.

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What is personification?

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Giving human traits to non-human things.

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What is a hyperbole?

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exaggerate an event

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Idiom:

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Different meaning from literal translation.

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Simile: comparing 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile definition.

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How to identify a metaphor?

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Comparing 2 unlike things without using "like" or "as".

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My brother made me so angry I could punch a hole in the wall! Example of:

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hyperbole

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Opened Pandora's Box is an example of:

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allusion

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Trees dancing in the wind is an example of...

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personification

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Feeling like a fish out of water in a new school.

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idiom