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What is personification?

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giving an inanimate object human-like characteristics.

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What is a simile?

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a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

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What is a metaphor?

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a comparison of two unlike things

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What is a hyperbole?

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use of exaggeration to emphasize a point

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The wind howled in the night.

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personification

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You were as brave as a lion.

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simile

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I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

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hyperbole

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He is a night owl.

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metaphor

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The stairs groaned as we walked on them.

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personification

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Watching the show was like watching grass grow.

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simile