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 personification?

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Personification is giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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Give an example of personification.

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The Sun smiled at us.

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

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Give an example of hyperbole.

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I'm so thirsty I could drink the Atlantic Ocean.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates a sound, like 'buzz' or 'pop'.

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Give an example of onomatopoeia.

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The bee went 'buzz'.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same beginning sound in a series of words.

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Give an example of alliteration.

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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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 without using 'like' or 'as'.