Figurative Language Review ELA 7

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Using a word or phrase that does NOT have its normal, everyday, literal meaning

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Figurative language

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Indication of a future event

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Foreshadowing

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A scene where a family notices a small dark spot on the ceiling before a pipe bursts.

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Foreshadowing

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The expression of one's meaning by using language that is exaggerated or couldn't possibly be true.

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Hyperbole

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"Raining Cats and Dogs" is an example of what?

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Idiom

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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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Personification

Front

The phrase "The sun smiled at us" is an example of what?

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Personification

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A word or phrase used to compare two unlike objects, ideas, thoughts or feelings to provide a clearer description.

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Metaphor

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The phrase "The curtain of night fell upon us" is an example of...

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things using the words "like" or "as".

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Simile