Figurative Language - High School | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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What is personification?

Personification is when you give non-living objects or animals human qualities or characteristics.

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What is an example of alliteration?

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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"The sun smiled down on us." What type of figurative language is this?

Personification

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What is onomatopoeia?

Onomatopoeia is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

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"The thunder goes 'Boom!'" What type of figurative language is this?

Onomatopoeia

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"She never stops talking." What type of figurative language is this?

Hyperbole

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What is a metaphor?

A metaphor is when you compare two things without using "like" or "as".

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"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!" What type of figurative language is this?

Alliteration

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What is an example of hyperbole?

"I've said this a thousand times!"

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What is an example of onomatopoeia?

"Boom!" "Pow!"

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What is an example of personification?

"The trees are waving to you."

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What is an example of a metaphor?

"Yesterday was a rollercoaster!"

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"It's raining cats and dogs." What type of figurative language is this?

Idiom

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