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| Onomatopoeia | A "sound" word that sounds exactly as it is spelled, and appeals to the listening sense. |
| Metaphor | A comparison between two objects NOT using the words "like" or "as". |
| Idiom | A figure of speech that is not to be taken literally. |
| Personification | A figure of speech in which you assign the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or, in some cases, to something that isn't even alive. |
| Simile | A figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by like or as. |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables. |
| Hyperbole | A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. |
| True | Figurative language is used to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind in order to make reading more emotionally intense. |
| Does not mean exactly what it says | Figurative Language |
| Hyperbole | Which figurative language is an extreme exaggeration used for dramatic effec |
| Metaphor | The saying, "It was raining cats and dogs" would be an example of which figurative language? |
| 3. My sister is really uncaring. | What does this metaphor mean to you? "My sister has a heart of stone." |
| Personification | "Our love is like a rose that fades too quickly" is an example of |
| Alliteration | "She sells seashells down by the sea shore" is an example of |
| 3. it doesn't use the words like or as to compare things | A simile is different than a metaphor because |
| types of comparisons | The figurative language techniques, similes and metaphors, are both |
| Alliteration | "Billy bought a billion baby bottles." is an example of what type of figurative language? |
| Simile | "The thought hit me like a ton of bricks," is an example of what? |
| Personification | "The flowers danced around the lawn," is an example of what? |
