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ISHAMPOO Terms
definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Idiom? | is an expression whose meaning has little, often nothing,to do with the literal meaning of the words |
| Simile? | is a comparison that shows how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way |
| Hyperbole? | is a figure of speech which is an exaggeration. it is not to be taken literally. |
| Alliteration? | repetition of the initial (or beginning)sounds of a word. |
| Metaphor? | an implied comparison between two usually unrelated things indicating a likeness or analogy between both things |
| Personification? | giving human characteristics to inanimate objects |
| Onomatopoeia? | the use of words that sound exactly like what it means |
| Oxymoron? | a figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas and makes a new word/idea |