Figurative Language- What do we know already?

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What is Hyperbole?

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An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true, used to emphasize something.

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

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What is Personification?

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When human characteristics are given to something that is not human.

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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 different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is an Idiom?

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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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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.

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What is an Allusion?

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An indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.

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Example of Hyperbole:

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I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

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Example of Onomatopoeia:

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The word 'buzz' represents the sound a bee makes.