6th Grade Language Arts Figurative Language Review

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What is figurative language?

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Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally; it includes figures of speech.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other.

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human things.

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What is an idiom?

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A group of words whose collective meaning is very different from their literal meaning.

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What is a simile?

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

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What is alliteration?

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

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing.

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Give an example of a metaphor.

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Time is a thief.

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Give an example of personification.

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The wind whispered through the trees.