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 an idiom?

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An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning, like 'it's a piece of cake' meaning something is easy.

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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’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by saying one is the other, like 'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds'.

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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 the words 'like' or 'as', such as 'as brave as a lion'.

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What is personification?

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Personification is giving human qualities to non-human things, like saying 'the wind whispered through the trees'.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents, like 'buzz', 'bang', or 'sizzle'.

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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 does 'it's a piece of cake' mean?

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It means that something is very easy to do.

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What does 'that test was a breeze' mean?

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It means that the test was very easy.