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Figurative Language
Poetic Devices
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Comparing two things using "like" or "as."
What is simile
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Using exaggeration to show strong feelings.
What is hyperbole?
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"The moon was a flashlight, guiding us forward" is an example of
What is metaphor?
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"The lovely lady longed to see her friends" is an example of
What is alliteration?
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Give an example of a simile.
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Comparing 2 things without using "like" or "as."
What is metaphor?
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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
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"I was bit by a thousand gnats" is an example of
What is hyperbole?
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"Across the moorlands of the Not / We chase the gruesome When; And hunt the Itness of the What / Through forests of the Then" uses the poetic device
What is rhyme?
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Give an example of a hyperbole.
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Giving human traits to inanimate objects or ideas.
What is personification?
300
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
What is onomatopoeia?
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"The painting was as serene as a calm lake" is an example of
What is simile?
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"Both bees and buzzers buzz" is an example of
What is onomatopoeia?
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Give an example of personification.
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A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
What is idiom?
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A more specific form of alliteration where vowel sounds are repeated.
What is assonance?
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"The blanket wrapped itself around the baby" is an example of
What is personification?
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"I forgot my flip phone but felt free" is an example of
What is alliteration?
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Give an example of an idiom.
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A more specific form of alliteration where consonant sounds are repeated.
What is consonance?
500
One of two or more words or phrases that end in the same sounds.
What is rhyme?
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"It rained cats and dogs" is an example of
What is idiom?
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"Try to light the fire" uses the poetic device
What is assonance?
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Give an example of alliteration.
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