Figurative Language

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Define hyperbole

Back

An over exaggeration.

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What is a simile?

Back

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

Front

Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language?

Back

Personification.

Front

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words is what?

Back

Alliteration.

Front

"Look outside! It's raining cats and dogs!" is an example of what?

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Idiom.

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

Front

What does personification mean?

Back

Giving human traits to non-human things.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the sound it represents.

Front

Define imagery in literature.

Back

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.