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What is idiom
Words that have different figurative meanings than literal meanings.
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What is alliteration
When words that start with the same letter are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence.
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what is hyperbole
She is as big as an elephant!
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What is personification
Lightning danced across the sky.
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What is flashback
A flash of a dream went through her mind.
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What is imagery
A language that stimulates the reader's senses. ex. touch,taste,smell,feel
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What is personification
When you give an object or animal-human-like behaviors.
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You win 100 points
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You win 300 extra points!
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You Win 100 points
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What is onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like the noise it describes.
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What is flashback
Interrupts the story to show you an event that happened early on.
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What is alliteration
Big Brown Bears Bought Big Books.
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What is idiom
Bite the bullet.
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What is imagery
Her lips tasted as sweet as sugar.
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You win 500 extra points!
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What is oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines words with opposing meanings.
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What is foreshadowing
I told myself this is the end of my trouble, but I didn't believe myself.
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What is onomatopoeia
Buzz, Clap, Zap, and BOOM
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What is allusion
You're acting like such a Scrooge!
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What is foreshadowing
An indication of what is to come
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What is allusion
When a piece of writing tries to hint at a person, place, thing, literature, or art.
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What is oxymoron
Pretty ugly, small crowd, and old news
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You win 600 points!!
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What is hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration
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