Figurative Language Review

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What does the phrase 'The camera loves me!' mean?

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Photos of me are always really good.

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What type of figurative language is used in 'I can smell pizza from a mile away'?

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Hyperbole.

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What does 'Jeremy clammed up' mean?

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Jeremy kept his ideas to himself.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates a sound.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same beginning sound in a series of words.

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What is an example of personification?

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The wind whispered through the trees.