Figurative Language

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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.

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What is Personification?

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A figure of speech where human traits are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract ideas.

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What is Figurative Language?

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Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

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What is an Oxymoron?

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

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What does it mean if someone says 'I've been waiting in line for a hundred years'?

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It means they have been waiting for a long time, not literally for a hundred years.

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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'.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes.

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What is Alliteration?

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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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.