Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• A  comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as".
• Giving human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.
• Words that imitate sounds.
• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "is" or "was".

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What is a metaphor?

• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.
• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "is" or "was".
• Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.

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What is personification? 

• The use of words to imitate sounds.
• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as".
• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
• Giving an animal, idea, or object human or "person-like" characteristics. 

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What is Imagery?

• The use of words to imitate sounds.
• A figure of speech in which an animal, idea, or object is given human or "person-like" characteristics.
• Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.
• A big exaggeration in order to make a point. 

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What is onomatopoeia?

• The use of words that imitate sounds.
• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as".
• Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.
• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.

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What is an idiom?

• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.
• a group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
• a comparison of two unlike objects using the words "is" or "was".

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What is a hyperbole?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in teh same phrase.
• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• The use of words that imitate sounds.

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What is alliteration?

• A big exaggeration to make a point.
• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.
• A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human or person-like characteristics. 

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"Make me your radio, turn me up when you feel low..."

• Personification
• Simile
• Imagery
• Metaphor

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"You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog
Quit snoopin’ ’round my door
You can wag your tail
But I ain’t gonna feed you no more"
 

• Onopatopoeia
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile

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