Figurative Language Review

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Definition of a simile?

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A comparison using "like" or "as."

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Definition of a metaphor?

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A comparison NOT using "like" or "as."

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Definition of personification?

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Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.

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Definition of hyperbole?

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An extreme exaggeration.

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Definition of onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates a sound.

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Definition of an idiom?

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An expression that means something different than what the words state.

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Definition of alliteration?

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Repetition of beginning sounds.

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Definition of allusion?

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Reference to a character or event from another literature.

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"When pigs fly" is an example of which figurative language?

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idiom

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"Boom!" is an example of figurative language.

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onomatopoeia