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Figurative Language
Question | Answer |
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What is a simile? | A comparison of two things using the words like or as. |
What is a metaphor? | A direct comparison of two things (does not use the words like or as). |
What is personification? | When an object is given human qualities. |
What is onomatopoeia? | A word that sounds like the sound it makes. |
What is alliteration? | It is repeating sounds at the beginning of multiple words. |
What is hyperbole? | An extreme exaggeration. |
What is an idiom? | A common saying with a meaning completely different from its dictionary meaning. |
What type of figurative language is this? - My mother is great at gardening! She has a green thumb. | Idiom |
What type of figurative language is this? -Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. | Alliteration |
What type of figurative language is this? -The bee went buzzing by my head. | onomatopoeia |
What type of figurative language is this? -Elisa is a bear in the mornings! | Metaphor |
What type of figurative language is this? -I am so tired that I could sleep forever! | Hyperbole |
What type of figurative language is this? -Her eyes sparkled like diamonds. | Simile |
What type of figurative language is this? -The book begged me to read it when I was trying to go to sleep. | Personification |