Figurative Language

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What is hyperbole?

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An extreme exaggeration.

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What does it mean when someone says 'Jeremy clammed up'?

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Jeremy kept his ideas to himself.

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What is personification?

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Giving human traits to non-human things.

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What does the phrase 'My stomach did a backflip' illustrate?

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Personification.

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What is a simile?

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Comparing two unlike things using 'like' and 'as.'

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What is metaphor?

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A direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Words that sound like what they mean, e.g., 'buzz' or 'sizzle.'

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What does 'The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky' mean?

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The stars were bright and sparkling.

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What is alliteration?

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When a group of words all start with the same sound.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.