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Figurative Language
Husiak Figurative Language
Question | Answer |
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Alliteration | is repetition of the initial (beginning) consonant sound. |
Hyperbole | is an intentional exaggeration |
Idiom | is a phrase or expression that cannot be understood by knowing what the individual words in the phrase mean. |
Metaphor | is the comparison of two dissimilar objects WITHOUT using the words like or as. |
Onomatopoeia | are words that represent the sounds of the things they describe. |
Personification | Human traits are given to nonhuman things or objects. |
Simile | Is a comparison of two dissimilar things by using like or as. |
Alliteration example | Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. |
Hyperbole example | His feet were as bid a barge. |
Idiom example | We see eye to eye on everything. |
Metaphor example | Her hair is silk |
Onomatopoeia example | crunch, crackle, bang |
Personification example | The wave beckoned me. |
Simile example | The room was as bright as the sun. |