6th grade Figurative Language

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What is figurative language?

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Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally; it includes figures of speech.

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true.

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What is an idiom?

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

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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 an example of personification?

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The wind whispered through the trees.

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What is an example of hyperbole?

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I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

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What is an example of a simile?

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Her smile was as bright as the sun.

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What is an example of an idiom?

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It's raining cats and dogs.