Figurative Language Test

Figurative Language

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Figurative Language

what is written is not always the exact meaning

languages that appeals to the five senses

a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually using the words like or as

ex: As busy as a bee

a comparison between two relatively unlike things
-not announced by like or as

ex: The road was a ribbon wrapped through the desert.

the repetition of a starting sound or sounds within a word

ex: Barney Bop brought better butter.

Personification

-a figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, iobject, or idea

ex: The sun smiled down on us

use of words that mimic sounds

ex: KABOOM

a statement used to add effect, not to mislead the reader but to emphasize a point

ex: I have said this a million times

an expression in one language that cannot be translated or matched word for word in another

ex: Hit the hay