Figurative Language

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that sounds like what it describes.

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What is a hyperbole?

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An exaggeration.

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities to animals or objects.

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What is alliteration?

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Repeating the beginning sound in words.

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison where one thing is said to be another.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is figurative language?

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Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning different from the literal interpretation.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech comparing two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is imagery?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.