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Figurative Language
Question | Answer |
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Onomatopoeia | Sound Words- Boom/ Splatt |
Hyperbole | A huge exaggeration: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. |
Simile | To compare two things using the words 'like' or 'as' Her eyes sparkled like diamonds. |
Metaphor | To compare two things. The night was a cave of darkness. |
Personification | To give animals or objects human characteristics. The dog grinned when presented with a bone. The moon slept. |
Idiom | A phrase that means something other than its literal meaning. I'm between a rock and a hard place. |
Alliteration | Repeatition of an beginning consonant sound. Mrs. Manahan's Mini-munchkins. |