Figurative Language Review

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Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language?

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Personification

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Her face was as red as a tomato is an example of which kind of figurative language?

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Simile

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If I can't get a cell phone, I will die. What type of figurative language is this?

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Hyperbole

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A comparison using like or as is which type of figurative language?

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Simile

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The car is a dinosaur. What does this figurative language imply?

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The car is very old.

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What is figurative language?

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Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning different from the literal interpretation.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is alliteration?

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

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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 onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing.