Idiom - a phrase that means something different than its literal meaning (ex. It's raining cats and dogs) , Simile - figurative language that uses "like" or 'as" to make a comparison ( ex. The ball streaked across the field like a meteor.), Metaphor - a figure of speech suggesting that two different things are the same thing ( ex. Life is a curly slide, full of twists and turns.), Onomatopoeia - A word that sounds like the noise or action it is describing. (ex. The jet zoomed across the sky.), Alliteration - the repetition of a sound in a sentence or series of sentences. ( ex. Samantha soared down the street on her sleek skateboard), Personification - makes a non-human thing seem human ( ex. The wind whistled through the trees), Hyperbole - an extreme exaggeration (ex. My backpack weighs a ton.), literal language - words or phrases that say what they mean, Figurative language - words or phrases that mean something different than what they say, stanza - a grouped set of two or more lines within a poem, usually separated from other stanzas by an indent or blank line.,

Figurative Language Match Up

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