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| Alliteration is ... | repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words. |
| Hyperbole is ... | exaggeration. |
| A metaphor is ... | saying that a thing is or was something else. |
| Onomatopoeia is using ... | words that imitate sounds. |
| A paradox is ... | a silly but meaningful statement. |
| Personification is ... | making a thing or an animal act like a person. |
| A simile is ... | a comparison using the words as or like. |
| An example of alliteration is ... | Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers ... |
| An example of hyperbole is ... | The pancakes had only one side! |
| An example of a metaphor is ... | Mother, you are an angel! |
| Some examples of onomatopoeia are ... | Boom! Jingle. Whoosh! Hum. |
| An example of a paradox is ... | "Youth is wasted on the young". |
| An example of personification is ... | The river gobbled up a house. |
| An example of a simile is ... | He is as graceful as a mule on ice. |
| A figure of speech is ... | a creative way of talking or writing. |
| Types of figurative language include ... | metaphor, simile, alliteration, paradox, onomatopoeia, personification, and hyperbole. |
