What is personification?

To describe non-human things using human qualities

To compare two things using the words is or are

What is an alliteration?

A sentence or phrase where words begin with the same letter

Comparing two things using like or as

Phrase that means something different than what it says

What is an onomatopoeia?

A word that sounds like the noise it makes

To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way

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What is personification?
To compare two things using like or as
To describe non-human things using human qualities
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way
2
What is a metaphor?
To compare two things using like or as
To describe something in an exaggerated way
To describe non-human things using human qualities
To compare two things using the words is or are
3
Cat got your tongue?
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
Idiom
4
As tall as a giraffe
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Alliteration
5
Sally sell sea shells by the sea shore
Alliteration
Idiom
Hyperbole
Metaphor
6
What is an alliteration?
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
A sentence or phrase where words begin with the same letter
To describe something in an exaggerated way
To describe non-human things using human qualities
7
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using is or are
Comparing two things using like or as
A sentence or phrase that words begin with the same letter
A phrase that means something different than what it says
8
What is an idiom?
Phrase that means something different than what it says
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
A sentence with words that start with the same letter
To compare two things using like or as
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The stars winked at me
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Idiom
10
What is an onomatopoeia?
To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way
To compare two things using like or as
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
To describe non-human things using human qualities
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She is a walking dictionary
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
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Kapow!
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Alliteration
13
My backpack weighs a ton
Personification
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Metaphor
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What is a hyperbole
To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way
A word that sounds like the noise it makes
Comparing two things using like or as
A sentence or phrase that words begin with the same letter

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