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Figurative Language
Question | Answer |
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What is a simile | compares two unlike things, by using the world like or as |
What is a metaphor | compares two unlike things and does not use the word like or as |
What is personification | a comparison in which something nonhuman is given human characteristics |
What is an analogy | a partial similarity Example: Grass is to green and Sky is to blue |
What is a hyperbole | an intentionally exaggerated figure of speech |
What is onomatopoeia | words of which the sound suggests meaning |
What is an idiom | an expression that does not mean what it literally says Example: Raining cats and dogs |
What is an alliteration | the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words |