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 a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

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Simile

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A comparison of two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as' is called

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Simile

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An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

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Hyperbole

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A group of words whose collective meaning is very different from their literal meaning (like it is raining cats and dogs)

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Idiom

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

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Metaphor

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Words that imitate sounds (like buzz, hiss, or roar) are called

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Onomatopoeia

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A phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of the words

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Idiom

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An expression that uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect

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Hyperbole

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A comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as' and suggests that one thing is another

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Metaphor