Figurative Lanuage

A figure of speech involves a comparison between unlike things and helps us see things in unusual ways

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• False

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A statement that compares two things that are not alike without using the words “like” or “as

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The following picture is an example of a

• Irony

• Understatment

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

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What is Personification?

• The repetition of usually consonant sounds.

• giving something human qualities

• Big exaggeration

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The moon smiled at me

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

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What's the meaning of this personification?

"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.

• I own an expensive camera.

• Photos of me are always really good.

• I like to visit art museums.

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Which of the following are used to compare (2 choices)

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Irony

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I'm dying to see that movie.

• I can wait a little longer.

• I don't want to see the movie.

• I'm excited about seeing the movie.

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Irony is an exaggeration that is created to emphasize a point or bring out a sense of humor.

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A simile is a comparison between two unlike

things...

• using the words “like” or “as"

• without using the words “like” or “as"

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