Figurative Language 8

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What is a metaphor?

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Comparing two things by saying one is the other.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase that means something else than what it says.

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What is alliteration?

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Repeating the same initial sound in several words of a phrase or sentence.

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What is a simile?

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Comparing two things using '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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Giving human traits to non-human things.

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What is an oxymoron?

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the sound it represents.

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What is a pun?

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A form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term.

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What is a cliché?

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An overused expression that has lost its original meaning.