Figurative Language

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What is personification?

Back

giving human traits to objects or ideas

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Alliteration?

Back

Repeating the same initial sound in neighboring words.

Front

Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates a sound.

Front

Oxymoron:

Back

Contradictory words/phrases.

Front

What is a simile?

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comparing two things using "like" or "as".

Front

Metaphor: comparing two things without "like" or "as"

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comparing two things without "like" or "as"

Front

Figurative language: All the tears she cried could have formed the fifth Great Lake.

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hyperbole

Front

Figurative language in: 'down in the dumps'.

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idiom

Front

Figurative language in: 'That freshly baked apple pie looks awfully good.'

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oxymoron

Front

Figurative language in: 'The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.'

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personification