Figurative Language Review

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison not using like or as.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison using like or as.

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What is this simile comparing? 'Her hair was like a birds nest'

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The girl's hair and a bird's nest.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase or expression that means something different from the words.

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Which is an example of an idiom?

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This quiz is a piece of cake!

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What does 'piece of cake' mean in idiomatic expression?

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Something that is very easy to do.

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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 example of personification?

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The wind whispered through the trees.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggeration used for emphasis.

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What is an example of hyperbole?

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I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.