ELA Review - Figurative Language

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What is personification?

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Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human.

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What type of figurative language is used in the phrase 'The west wind dances down the road'?

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Personification.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Words that represent sounds.

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What type of figurative language is used in the phrase 'The runner ran like a cheetah in the race'?

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Simile.

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What are examples of onomatopoeia?

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Boom! Bang! Bing! Crash! Thud!

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What is a simile?

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A comparison of two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison of two things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggeration used for emphasis.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its words.