Figurative Language

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What is a simile?

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Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

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Alliteration is...

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repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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An exaggerated statement is a...

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Hyperbole

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison that does not use like, as, or than

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that sound like what they mean

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Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

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Personification

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A group of lines in a poem, separated by space is...

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Stanza

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Two words that have opposite or very different meanings

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Oxymorons

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A type of poetry that has no real rhyme or pattern

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Free Verse

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Having the same sound at the end of two or more words

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Rhyme Pattern