6th grade Figurative Language

Front

What is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally, commonly known as figures of speech?

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Figurative language

Front

What do we call giving human qualities to nonhuman things?

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Personification

Front

What is a comparison of two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

Front

What is a picture of an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true?

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Hyperbole

Front

What is a comparison of two unlike things by saying one is like the other?

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Metaphor

Front

What is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration for emphasis?

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Hyperbole

Front

What do we call a phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its individual words?

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Idiom

Front

What is the term for a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

Front

What is the term for the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words?

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Alliteration

Front

What is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art?

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Allusion