Figurative Language

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What is alliteration?

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Repeating the same initial sound in several words.

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Provide an example of alliteration.

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Powerful pandas punch parrots.

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is a metaphor?

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

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Provide an example of a metaphor.

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The city is a sea of sadness.

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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 hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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Provide an example of hyperbole.

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I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

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What is an oxymoron?

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