Figurative Language

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What is Hyperbole?

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An extreme exaggeration.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What does it mean when we say 'They were a cheetah on the racetrack'?

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This is a metaphor.

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What does it mean when we say 'My alarm clock screamed at me'?

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This is an example of personification.

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What is an example of Hyperbole?

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This assessment took a lifetime to complete.

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What is a Simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is Personification?

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Giving human qualities to non-human objects.

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What is Alliteration?

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When two or more words near each other in a sentence start with the same sound.

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Identify the figure of speech: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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Personification.

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Identify the figure of speech: 'He is as brave as a lion.'

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Simile.