Figurative Langauge

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggeration so extreme that it is not meant to be taken seriously.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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The use of words that imitate sounds associated with the words.

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What is an oxymoron?

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Words or phrases that contradict each other.

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics and actions to nonhuman things.

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True or False: A metaphor is a comparison using like or as.

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False.

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What is a metaphor?

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

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What is simile?

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A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in two or more nearby words.

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What is imagery?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in the reader's mind.

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What is a pun?

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A form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term for humorous or rhetorical effect.