Figurative Language - all

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A figure of speech where a word sounds like its meaning, such as 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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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', e.g., 'as brave as a lion'.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase that conveys a figurative meaning that is difficult to understand based only on its literal interpretation, e.g., 'kick the bucket' means to die.

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What is personification?

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A figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals or objects, e.g., 'the wind whispered through the trees'.

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What is an oxymoron?

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A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, e.g., 'deafening silence'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words, e.g., 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore'.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, e.g., 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as', e.g., 'Time is a thief'.

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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 effect, e.g., 'Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana'.

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What is imagery?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a vivid picture in the reader's mind.