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Figurative Language

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  • a policeman goes to jail
    irony
  • the sun danced in the sky
    personification
  • What is the definition of alliteration?
    words that begin with the same consonant sound
  • What is the definition of onomatopoeia?
    sound words
  • What is irony?
    the opposite of what you expect to happen, happens
  • He was a lion in the football game
    metaphor
  • the car went crash, bang, boom as it drove away
    onomatopoeia
  • She was like a cheetah when she ran in the game
    similie
  • What is the definition of imagery?
    language that creates a picture in your mind
  • What is the definition of a metaphor?
    comparison of two things not using like or as
  • What is the definition of a similie?
    a comparison of 2 things using like or as
  • What is the definition of figurative language?
    words or expressions that add deeper meaning/ideas in a story or poem
  • What is the definition of personification?
    giving an animal or object human like qualities
  • bald brave men bought bright baseball hats
    alliteration
  • What is a stanza?
    a group of lines (paragraph) in a poem