Figurative Language 7th

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What is figurative language?

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Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

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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 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 repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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

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What is hyperbole?

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An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is rhyme?

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The repetition of sound at the end of words.

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What is a stanza?

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas.