Figurative Language Review

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What is figurative language?

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Figurative language is a way of using words to create a special effect or meaning, often by comparing things or describing them in a creative way.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that resembles the sound it makes, like 'buzz' or 'splash'.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as', for example, 'as brave as a lion'.

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison of two unlike things by saying one is the other, for example, 'Time is a thief'.

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What is hyperbole?

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An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect, such as 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words, like 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'.

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What is imagery?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in the reader's mind.

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities to non-human things, like 'The wind whispered through the trees'.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its words, like 'It's raining cats and dogs'.

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What is a pun?

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A play on words that exploits the different meanings of a word or similar-sounding words for humorous effect.