6th grade Figurative Language

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Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is

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Personification

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This is a picture of the cloud having human qualities...remember the cloud isn't human. What word is this?

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Personification

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A reference to a person, place or event from history, literature, sports or the arts is called

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Allusion

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This is a picture of a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

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Simile

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words is called

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Alliteration

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A figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis or effect is called

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Hyperbole

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

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Metaphor

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Words that imitate sounds are called

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Onomatopoeia

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An expression that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its individual words is called

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Idiom

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The use of language to evoke sensory experience is known as

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Imagery