Figurative Language
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- Q1says what it meansLiteral language45s
- Q2is not meant to be taken literallyFigurative language45s
- Q3repetition of the first consonant soundsAlliteration45s
- Q4is an expression which has become overused to the point of being irritatingCliche45s
- Q5is an expression that doesn't mean what it says, but is understood by most peopleIdiom45s
- Q6speaking of something as if it were something else - doesn't use "like", "as", or "than"Metaphor45s
- Q7refers to words that imitate or represent a soundOnomatopoeia45s
- Q8a figure of speech that combines two contradictory termsOxymoron45s
- Q9is the practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with something that is not humanPersonification45s
- Q10a play on wordsPun45s
- Q11is a comparison between two unrelated and dissimilar things using like or asSimile45s
- Q12an exaggerated statement used to heighten the effect and make a pointHyperbole45s
- Q13when the writer or speaker knowingly repeats a word or group of words for effectRepetition45s
- Q14the author uses words or phrases to create "mental images" for the reader using the 5 sensesImagery45s
- Q15a word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassingEuphemism45s