figurative language #1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds example: Peter Piper picked peppers |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration or overstatement example: I am so hungry, I could eat a whole elephant! |
| idioms | an expression that means something other than the literal meaning example:jump down someone's throat |
| onomatopoeia | the imitation of natural sounds in word form example: BANG! |
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" example: as bright as the sun |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as" example: love is a battlefield |
| personification | a literary device in which the author speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a person example: the thunder grumbled like an old man |
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