Figurative Language Taylor's Version

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What is enjambment in poetry?

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When a sentence or phrase runs over the end of a line or stanza without a pause.

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What fiction technique is used in the phrase 'Rain came pouring down when I was drowning, that's when I could finally breathe.'?

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Oxymoron/verbal irony.

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What TWO fiction techniques are used in 'Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts.'?

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Metaphor.

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What is an idiom?

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An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase.

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What fiction technique is used in 'Loving him was LIKE driving a new Maserati down a dead end street'?

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Simile.

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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 one is the other.

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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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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What is personification?

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

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What is alliteration?

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