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Figurative Language
Question | Answer |
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onomatopoeia | words whose sound suggests its meaning |
personification | giving human qualities to ideas and things |
hyperbole | an huge exaggeration of the truth |
simile | a comparison between two things using "like" or "as" |
metaphorthe repeated sounds of the same letter at the beginning of words. | a comparison between two unlike things NOT using like or as (usually uses am, is, are, was ,were, be) |
Idiom | a saying that cannot be taken literally and will sound silly if you do |
Alliteration | |
The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day. | metaphor |
My cell phone died. | personification |
Bang! Crash! Pop! | onomatopoeia |
This class is like a three-ring circus. | simile |
It's raining cats and dogs. | idiom |
This test is going to kill me. | hyperbole |
Hungry Harry hurried home on his horrible Harley. | alliteration |