Christmas Figurative Language

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What is Hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally. For example, 'I have a million toys at home!'.

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What is Alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words. For example, 'Pretty presents waited patiently.'.

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What is Simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Rudolph's nose was as red as a rose.'.

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What is Personification?

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Personification is giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things. For example, 'The sun smiled down on us.'.

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents. For example, 'buzz', 'bang', or 'crash'.

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Identify the figurative language: 'The elves fingers tied a thousand bows in a minute.'

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Hyperbole.

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Identify the figurative language: 'Pretty presents waited patiently under the pine tree.'

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Alliteration.

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Identify the figurative language: 'The Christmas lights twinkled like stars.'

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Simile.

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Identify the figurative language: 'The candy cane crinkled in their crunchy wrappers.'

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Alliteration.

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Identify the figurative language: 'Rudolph's nose was as red as a rose.'

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Simile.