Figurative Language Review

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What is Personification?

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To give human-like qualities to non-human objects.

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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 Hyperbole?

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Using exaggeration to prove a point.

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

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What is a Simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Identify the figurative language: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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Personification; the wind is given the human ability to whisper.

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

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Hyperbole; an exaggerated statement to emphasize hunger.

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Identify the figurative language: 'The classroom was a zoo.'

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Metaphor; comparing the chaotic classroom to a zoo.

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Identify the figurative language: 'The thunder rumbled like a freight train.'

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Simile; comparing the sound of thunder to a freight train using 'like'.

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Identify the figurative language: 'The stars danced in the night sky.'

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Personification; stars are given the human ability to dance.