What do you remember about figurative language?

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What is dramatic irony?

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Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not, creating tension or humor.

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What is repetition in literature?

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Repetition is a literary device where words or phrases are repeated to emphasize a point or theme.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech where words imitate the sounds they describe, such as 'buzz' or 'splash'.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as', e.g., 'Her eyes were like a deep ocean.'

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things or abstract ideas.

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What is alliteration?

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

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What is an oxymoron?

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as 'deafening silence'.

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What is situational irony?

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Situational irony occurs when there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

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What is verbal irony?

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Verbal irony is when a speaker says one thing but means another, often the opposite.