Figurative Language Review

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What is personification?

Back

Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What does it mean when someone 'clams up'?

Back

They keep their ideas to themselves.

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What is hyperbole?

Back

An exaggeration used for emphasis.

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What does the metaphor 'the bleachers were a disaster area' mean?

Back

Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.

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What are descriptive words that appeal to the senses called?

Back

Imagery.

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What is onomatopoeia?

Back

A word that imitates a sound.

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What is a simile?

Back

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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What does the phrase 'time is a thief' mean?

Back

Time steals moments from our lives.

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What is an example of alliteration?

Back

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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What is a metaphor?

Back

A direct comparison between two unlike things.