Figurative Language

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A figure of speech making an implicit comparison between unrelated things.

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Metaphor

Front

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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Occurrence of the same letter/sound at the start of adjacent words

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Alliteration

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Attributing human traits to nonhuman entities or abstract qualities.

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Personification

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Identify the metaphor:

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Billy is an early bird.

Front

Figurative language type: 'It is raining cats and dogs!'

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Idiom

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Type of figurative language: 'That dress is to die for!'

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hyperbole

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"Tom was as strong as an ox" is a metaphor.

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False

Front

"She sang like an angel" is an example of personification.

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False

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A figure of speech with contradictory terms together.

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Oxymoron