What is a metaphor?
Figurative Language in Holiday Movies

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating that one is the other, without using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'Time is a thief.'
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What is a simile?
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A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'Her smile is like sunshine.'
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What is personification?
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A figure of speech in which human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas. Example: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'
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What is a pun?
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A form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similarity in sound for humorous or rhetorical effect. Example: 'I used to be a baker, but I couldn't make enough dough.'
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What is hyperbole?
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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect. Example: 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.'
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What is an idiom?
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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning. Example: 'It's raining cats and dogs.'
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What is a rhetorical question?
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A question asked for effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. Example: 'Isn't it a bit too late to be asking that?'.
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