Figurative Language

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What is personification?

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Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects and animals.

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What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'Rachel is a walking encyclopedia'?

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Metaphor.

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What figure of speech is demonstrated in 'The restless children were hopping about like kernels in a corn popper'?

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Simile.

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What figure of speech is illustrated by 'The dolphins danced in the waves'?

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Personification.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What figure of speech is used in 'My homework pile is a mile high'?

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Hyperbole.

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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 a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing.

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What is alliteration?

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.