Figurative Language Review

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What is a simile?

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A comparison of two unrelated things that uses like or as.

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What is hyperbole?

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An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison of two unrelated things that DOES NOT use like or as.

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What is personification?

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Giving human/lifelike characteristics to something that is not human and/or alive.

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What is figurative language?

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Phrasing that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across.

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Example of a simile.

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He runs like the wind.

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Example of hyperbole.

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I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

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Example of a metaphor.

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Time is a thief.

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Example of personification.

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The wind whispered through the trees.

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What is alliteration?

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