What is personification?
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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.
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What is figurative language?
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Figurative language refers to words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of another and are not meant to be taken literally.
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What is the structure of poetry?
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Poetry is typically written in lines and stanzas, which are groups of lines.
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What is a theme in literature?
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A theme is the central idea or message conveyed in a literary work.
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What can you infer from a character's actions?
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Inferring involves drawing conclusions about a character's feelings or circumstances based on their actions and context.
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What is a metaphor?
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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.
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What is a simile?
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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.
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