Figurative Language Review

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What is figurative language?

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

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison not using like or as.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggeration.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its words.

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Example of a metaphor: 'Time is a thief.' What does it mean?

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It means that time steals moments from our lives.

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Example of a simile: 'As brave as a lion.' What does it mean?

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It means someone is very brave.

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Example of personification: 'The wind whispered through the trees.' What does it mean?

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It means the wind made a soft sound, as if it were whispering.

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Example of hyperbole: 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.' What does it mean?

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It means the person is very hungry, but not literally going to eat a horse.