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Flashcards by Twanta Moore, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Twanta Moore
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Figurative Language | uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. ex. when pigs fly |
| Metaphore | Compares two things not using "like" or "As." ex. John was a beast on the football field. |
| Simile | Compares two things using "like" or "as" ex. Life is like a box of chocolates. |
| Alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex. Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers |
| Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration Ex. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. |
| Idiom | a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. Ex. Its raining cats and dogs. |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to nonhuman things. ex. The sun waved goodbye. |
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