Figurative Language

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated.

Front

What does the phrase 'His heart was a block of ice' represent?

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Metaphor

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What does the phrase 'The cup danced joyfully across the table' illustrate?

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Personification

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What does the phrase 'heavy as a rock' demonstrate?

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Simile

Front

What does the phrase 'The pencil sang as it danced across the paper' show?

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Personification

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What is personification?

Back

Giving human traits to non-human things.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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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 alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the sound it represents.