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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 flood gobbled up a house. |
| An EXAMPLE of a simile is ... | He is as graceful as a mule on ice. |
| A figure of speech is ... | creative way of talking or writing. |
| Figurative language includes ... | metaphor, similie, paradox, etc. |
| Idiom | non-literal slangy expression |
| Oxymoron | opposite ideas used together |
| Symbolism | giving special meaning to an object |
| Allusion | words that refer to some well-known thing |
| Irony | when intended meaning is different from actual meaning |
| Rhyme | when ends of words sound alike |
| An EXAMPLE of an idiom is ... | The old man kicked the bucket. |
| An EXAMPLES of oxyoron are ... | crash landing/cruel kindness/civil war |
| Allegory | writing with a moral. It teaches a lesson. |
| An EXAMPLE of symbolism is ... | red lights, our flag |
| An EXAMPLE of allusion is ... | a Mona Lisa smile |
| An EXAMPLE of irony is ... | Oh great! I need a root canal. |
| An EXAMPLE of rhyme is ... | A good shot he is not. |
