Question 1

comparing two unlike things using words such as "like" or "as"

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Simile

Question 2

giving something non-human, human characteristics

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Personification

Question 3

comparing two unlike things NOT using words such as "like" or "as"

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Metaphor

Question 4

extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole

Question 5

an expression that says one thing but means something else

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Idiom

Question 6

Example: The sisters fought like cats and dogs!

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Simile

Question 7

Example sentence:

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Personification

Question 8

Example sentence:

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Idiom

Question 9

Example sentence:

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Hyperbole

Question 10

Example sentence:

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Metaphor

Question 11

Example sentence:

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Idiom

Question 12

Example sentence:

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Simile

Question 13

Life is a highway.

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Metaphor

Question 14

Examples:

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Onomatopoeia

Question 15

imitates a sound

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Onomatopoeia

Question 16

The same beginning sound in two or more words that are close together.

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Alliteration

Question 17

Sally sells sea shells down by the sea shore.

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Alliteration

Question 18

We had fun finding fish with Phillip.

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Alliteration

Question 19

Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

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Repetition

Question 20

Repetition of sounds at the end of words

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Rhyme

Question 21

The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem

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Rhythm

Question 22

a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five

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Haiku

Question 23

a humorous poem of 5 lines with a rhyme scheme of AABBA

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Limerick

Question 24

A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas

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Ballad

Question 25

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter, freedom to express yourself

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free verse

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