Figures of Speech

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What is personification?

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What is hyperbole?

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A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

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What is a metaphor?

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A type of figurative language that compares one thing to another by stating that something 'is' another thing.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A type of figurative language where words imitate the actual sounds made by the action or event.

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What is a simile?

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

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What is alliteration?

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

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What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?

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A metaphor states that one thing is another, while a simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Give an example of personification.

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The wind whispered through the trees.

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Give an example of hyperbole.

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I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

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Give an example of onomatopoeia.

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The bees buzzed in the garden.