Figurative Language

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What is hyperbole?

Back

An extreme exaggeration.

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What does it mean when someone says, 'Delaney is the sun in my life'?

Back

Delaney is important to me.

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What is onomatopoeia?

Back

A word that sounds like what it means.

Front

What does the phrase 'the stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky' imply?

Back

The stars were bright and sparkling.

Front

What does it mean when someone says, 'Jeremy clammed up'?

Back

Jeremy kept his ideas to himself.

Front

What is a simile?

Back

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a metaphor?

Back

A direct comparison between two unlike things.

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What is personification?

Back

Giving human traits to non-human things.

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What is alliteration?

Back

When a group of words all start with the same sound.

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What is an example of onomatopoeia?

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Words like 'buzz', 'bang', or 'sizzle'.