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A phrase with a figurative meaning that is different than it’s literal meaning.
Idiom
An exaggeration so dramatic that it’s obviously not true.
Hyperbole
A comparison of two things that are not alike, using the words “like” or “as”.
Simile
When a set of words uses the same sound or letters repeatedly.
Alliteration
The use of descriptive words that appeal to the five senses.
Imagery
Sound words.
Onomatopoeia
A comparison of two things that are not alike, using the words “is” or “are”.
Metaphor
Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman.
Personification
It is raining cats and dogs outside.
Idiom
The old door creaked open.
Onomatopoeia
Mom is a real bear when she’s mad.
Metaphor
The trees danced around in the breeze.
Personification
My backpack weighs a ton!
Hyperbole
Priya played piano perfectly.
Alliteration
The fresh, juicy orange is tangy and sweet.
Imagery
My dad is as strong as an ox.
Simile
Sally sells seashells down by the seashore
alliteration
The child of mine was lying on her side.
assonance
“And all is seared with trade; bleared smeared with toil”
consonance
My backpack weighs a million tons!
hyperbole
Cold feet
idiom
Grandfather clucked at us in his broken English. There were bread crumbs stuck to his blue- gray whiskers, and his hands felt rough, like un-sanded wood.
imagery
a heart of gold
metaphor
Jumbo shrimp, deafening silence, true fiction
oxymoron
The wind moaned softly through the trees.
personification
He is as cunning as a fox.
simile
ding, pow, boom, whack, snap
Onomatopoeia
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