Figurative Language Flashcard Review

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Dramatic exaggeration

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hyperbole

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Comparison of two things using like or as

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simile

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Comparison of two things without 'like' or 'as'

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metaphor

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Giving human qualities to non-human things

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personification

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"...until night folds it up and files it away" is an example of

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personification

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"My stomach was a melon split wide inside my skin." is an example of

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metaphor

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"Shapes like full-blown roses" is an example of

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simile

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"Jumbo shrimp" is an example of...

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oxymoron

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"I will die if my crush does not go to prom with me" is an example of_

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hyperbole

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High school teachers need to "raise the bar" for students. This phrase is an example of _____?

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idiom