Figurative language

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What is a simile?

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Used to compare 2 things using like or as.

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What is NONLITERAL language?

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Saying something other than what it means.

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What is a metaphor?

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Used to compare 2 things without using like or as.

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Which is an example of a simile?

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The students were as busy as little bees.

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Which one is an example of personification?

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The flowers danced in the wind.

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities to non-human things.

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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.

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What is idiom?

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A phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its words.