FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE FLASHCARD 5TH GRADE

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates a sound.

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What is alliteration?

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The same beginning sound repeated in a series of words.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What is an idiom?

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

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Example of onomatopoeia?

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Buzz, hiss, roar.

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Example of personification?

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The wind whispered through the trees.

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Example of alliteration?

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She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

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Example of hyperbole?

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I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

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Example of an idiom?

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It's raining cats and dogs.