Figurative Language

Figurative Language

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English

6th Grade

Hard

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What is figurative language?

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Figurative language is a way of using words to create a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. It includes various techniques like similes, metaphors, personification, and idioms.

2.

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What is a simile?

Back

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'as brave as a lion'.

3.

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What is a metaphor?

Back

A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things by stating that one is the other. For example, 'Time is a thief'.

4.

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What is personification?

Back

Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are given to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract ideas. For example, 'The wind whispered through the trees'.

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What is an idiom?

Back

An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning. For example, 'It's raining cats and dogs' means it's raining heavily.

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What is hyperbole?

Back

Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally. For example, 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse'.

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Front

What does it mean to 'be in the dark'?

Back

To 'be in the dark' means to be unaware or uninformed about something.

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