The Outsiders Figurative Language

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What is Hyperbole?

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A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis.

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Identify the figurative language: 'He's so greasy, he glides when he walks.'

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hyperbole

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Identify the figurative language: 'My overactive imagination was running away with me again.'

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personification

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Identify the figurative language: 'Compared to Johnny's home, my home was like heaven.'

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simile

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Identify the figurative language: 'The concession stand had a line a mile long.'

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hyperbole

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What is a Simile?

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A figure of speech where two things are compared using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What is Personification?

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A figure of speech where human qualities are attributed to non-human things.

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What is Alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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Words whose sound suggests its meaning, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A figure of speech where two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another.