Figurative Language 8-2

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What is personification?

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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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What is an idiom?

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A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., 'rain cats and dogs', 'see the light').

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., 'as brave as a lion', 'crazy like a fox').

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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What is hyperbole?

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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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 (e.g., 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore').

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What is onomatopoeia?

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The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., 'cuckoo', 'sizzle').

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What is an oxymoron?

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., 'deafening silence', 'bittersweet').

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What is an allegory?

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A narrative that uses characters and events to represent broader themes and concepts, often moral or political.

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What is a pun?

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A form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or similar-sounding words, for humorous or rhetorical effect.