Identifying Figurative Language- Independent

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What is Hyperbole?

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An extreme exaggeration.

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What is Alliteration?

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The repetition of the same beginning sound of words.

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What is Personification?

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Giving human characteristics to an object or animal.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A comparison of two things, saying that one thing IS or WAS another thing.

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What is a Simile?

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A comparison of two things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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The use of words to imitate a sound.

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Identify the figurative language: 'Bees busily buzzed through the blossoms.'

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Alliteration.

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Identify the figurative language: 'The sky opened and cried its tears upon the earth.'

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Personification.

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Identify the figurative language: 'The teacher was a wise owl.'

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Metaphor.

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Identify the figurative language: 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.'

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Hyperbole.