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What is a metaphor?
it makes a direct comparison between two unlike things, without using like or as.
what is an Onompatopeia?
The use of a word to describe or imitate a sound.
what is personification?
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
what is a simile?
A simile uses the words "like" or "as" to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike/similar.
Give me an example of an Onomatopoeia
EX: The fireworks boomed in the sky.
Give me an example of personification
ex. My teddy bear gave me a hug.
Give me an example of a simile.
example: She was as fast as a cheetah.
What is an idiom?
An idiom is an expression that has meaning apart from the meanings of its individual words.
The house groaned in the wind.
What type of figure of speech is this?
Personification
Which figurative language shows a humorous over exaggeration?
Hyperbole
The chair squeaked in protest when the large man sat.
what type of figure of speech is this? what do you underline?
personification
underline: squeaked in protest
Give me an example of an idiom
ex:Its raining cats and dogs.
Which figure of speech gives human characteristics to something that's not human?
Personification
Which figure of speech uses the repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of a series of words?
Alliteration
Which figure of speech compares using "like" or "as"?
Simile
Underline the figurative language in the sentence. tell me how you rewrite it with its true meaning.
The firefighter was as strong as an ox.
underline: strong as an ox
rewrite as: The firefighter was very strong.
which figure of speech compares two things without using the words "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Which figure of speech uses words to resemble the sound they describe?
Onomatopoeia
Which figure of speech uses an expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its words.
idiom