Figurative Language - Grade 11

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech where words imitate the natural sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to, such as 'buzz', 'crash', and 'splash'.

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Define Idiom.

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An idiom is a common phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning, such as 'kick the bucket' meaning to die.

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What is Alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words, such as 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore'.

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Explain Metaphor.

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one is the other, such as 'Time is a thief'.

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What is Personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts, like 'The wind whispered through the trees'.

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Define Hyperbole.

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect, such as 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'.

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What is Assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words, creating internal rhyming within phrases, such as 'The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain'.

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What does Oxymoron mean?

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as 'deafening silence' or 'bittersweet'.

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Identify an example of Personification.

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An example of personification is 'The sun smiled down on us'.

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What is a Pun?

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A pun is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect, such as 'Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana'.