Figurative Language

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What is Personification?

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Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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Words that sound like what they are describing.

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What is Hyperbole?

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Extreme exaggeration.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A comparison without using like or as.

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What is an Idiom?

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A figure of speech; what you mean is not what you say.

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What is Simile?

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A comparison using like or as.

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What is Alliteration?

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Repetition of consonants at the beginning of words.

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What is a Pun?

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A joke that exploits the different possible meanings of a word.

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What is a Cliché?

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An overused expression that has lost its original meaning.

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What is Imagery?

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Descriptive language that creates a picture in the reader's mind.