Figurative Language

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What is personification?

Back

Using human qualities or characteristics to describe non-human things.

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What is alliteration?

Back

Using the same letter sound throughout a sentence.

Front

What is onomatopoeia?

Back

Using sound words that imitate the sounds they describe.

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

Compares two unlike things by saying one thing is another.

Front

What is hyperbole?

Back

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

Front

What is a simile?

Back

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

Front

Give an example of personification.

Back

The wind whispered through the trees.

Front

Give an example of alliteration.

Back

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Front

Give an example of onomatopoeia.

Back

The bees buzzed around the garden.

Front

Give an example of a metaphor.

Back

Time is a thief.