Figurative Language Review

Front

What is the term for comparing two or more things WITHOUT using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

Front

What is the term for the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words?

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Alliteration

Front

What is an example of a metaphor?

Back

"Mr. Ty is the goat"

Front

What is the term for comparing two things using the words 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Simile

Front

What is the term for when the beginning sounds of multiple words are the same?

Back

Alliteration

Front

What is a common example of a simile?

Back

"As brave as a lion"

Front

What literary device is used in the phrase 'the wind whispered through the trees'?

Back

Personification

Front

What is the term for an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally?

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Hyperbole

Front

What is the term for a figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things?

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Personification

Front

What is the term for a comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as' and suggests one thing is another?

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Metaphor