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Figurative Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a metaphor? | A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things not using like or as. |
| What is a simile? | A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as. |
| What is a hyperbole? | An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. |
| What is a idiom? | An idiom or idiomatic expression refers to a construction or expression in one language that cannot be matched or directly translated word for word in another language. |
| What is an alliteration? | Alliteration is a literary or rhetorical stylistic device that consists in repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words in close succession |
| What is a personification? | A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea. |
| What is an onomatopoeia? | The use of words that mimic sounds. |