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Figurative language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Simile | Compares two different things. (Like, as) |
| Metaphor | A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two unrelated things by stating one is the other |
| Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
| Personification | A literary figure of speech that assigns human qualities, to inanimate objects |
| Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word from a sound |
| Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. |
| Idiom | a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ). |