Figurative Language

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What is hyperbole?

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An over (excessive) exaggeration.

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What type of figurative language involves giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects or animals?

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Personification.

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What is a simile?

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

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects or animals.

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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 an example of hyperbole?

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I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

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What is an example of personification?

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The wind whispered through the trees.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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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 oxymoron?

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A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, like 'bittersweet.'