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 imaginative ways.

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What is a hyperbole?

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An over-the-top exaggeration.

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What is a simile?

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It compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a metaphor?

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It compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things.

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What is alliteration?

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

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the sound it represents, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its words.

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Identify the figurative language: 'The blanket was a cocoon.'

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Metaphor.

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Identify the figurative language: 'She talks at 95 miles per hour.'

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Hyperbole.