figurative language

figurative language

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A hyperbole is

• doesn’t mean exactly what you say

• sounds like the word or action that it is describing

• An exaggeration

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sheep should sleep in a shed is an example of

• alliteration

• simile

• idiom

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The leaves danced in the wind is an example of

• idiom

• personification

• imagery

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Onomatopoeia is

• sounds like the word or action that it is describing

• giving objects or animals human like qualities

• pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory.

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She was as busy as a bee is an example of

• simile

• An exaggeration

• metaphor

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A metaphor is

• an exaggeration

• comparing two unlike things without using the words like or as

• making noises come to life

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an idiom is something that

• repetition of vowel sounds

• compare two things

• doesn’t mean exactly what you say