Figurative Language

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What is figurative language?

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Figurative language is a way of using words to create a special effect or meaning, often by comparing things or describing them in a non-literal way.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates a sound, such as 'buzz', 'pop', or 'sizzle'.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech where human characteristics are given to non-human things, like saying 'the wind whispered'.

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally, such as 'I have a million things to do'.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as', for example, 'as brave as a lion'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things, saying one is the other, like 'time is a thief'.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words, like 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'.

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What is an example of onomatopoeia?

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Examples of onomatopoeia include words like 'bang', 'crash', and 'meow'.

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What is an example of personification?

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An example of personification is 'the flowers danced in the breeze'.

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What is an example of hyperbole?

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An example of hyperbole is 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'.