Figurative Language

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates a sound, such as 'buzz' or 'pop'.

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What is personification?

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Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things, like saying 'the candle flame danced'.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, such as 'I got blind'.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison between two different things using 'like' or 'as', e.g., 'as brave as a lion'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as', e.g., 'Time is a thief'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words, e.g., 'She sells sea shells'.

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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, e.g., 'It's raining cats and dogs'.

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What is an oxymoron?

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear together, e.g., 'deafening silence'.

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What is an allusion?

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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art, e.g., 'He has the Midas touch'.

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What is a descriptive word?

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A word that describes a noun, providing more detail about it.