Figurative Language Assessment Spring

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What is personification?

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A figurative language that gives human characteristics to non-human things or animals.

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What is hyperbole?

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An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.

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What is alliteration?

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A literary device where a series of words in a sentence all start with the same sound.

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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 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 onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes.

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Example of personification:

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"The wind whispered through the trees."

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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 alliteration:

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"She sells sea shells by the sea shore."

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Example of a metaphor:

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"Time is a thief."