Figurative Language Practice

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What is personification?

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A figure of speech where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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Give an example of personification.

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The wind whispered through the trees.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating that one is the other.

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Provide an example of a metaphor.

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Time is a thief.

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What is a simile?

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

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Give an example of a simile.

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Her smile was as bright as the sun.

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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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Provide an example of alliteration.

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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What is an idiom?

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

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Give an example of an idiom.

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It's raining cats and dogs.