Figurative Language Assessment

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What is alliteration?

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The same beginning sound repeated in a series of words.

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates a sound.

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What is a simile?

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

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What is a metaphor?

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

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Example of alliteration:

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Charming children chat in the corner.

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Example of personification:

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The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

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Example of hyperbole:

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I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

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Example of onomatopoeia:

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The bees buzzed around the garden.