Figurative Language

Figurative Language

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English

6th - 8th Grade

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1.

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What is figurative language?

Back

Language with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

2.

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Front

What is personification?

Back

Giving human/lifelike characteristics to something that is not human and/or alive.

3.

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Front

What is hyperbole?

Back

An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.

4.

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Front

What is onomatopoeia?

Back

Words that imitate natural sounds.

5.

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Front

What is a simile?

Back

A comparison of two unrelated things that uses 'like' or 'as'.

6.

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What is a metaphor?

Back

A comparison of two unrelated things that DOES NOT use 'like' or 'as'.

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Front

What is alliteration?

Back

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.

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