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The following words will be tested on September 26th:
Cliche-a cliche is an expression that has been used so often that it has become trite and sometimes boring. Example: Many hands make light work.
Onomatopoeia-The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.
Alliteration-the repetition of the same initial letter, sound or a group of sounds in a series of words. (She sells seashells by the seashore.)
Simile-a simile uses the words like or as to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike....busy as a bee is an example
Metaphor-the metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. "You are what you eat."
Personification-a figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
Hyperbole-an exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true.
Tall tales are hyperboles. Example: He is so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.
Idioms-is peculiar to itself either grammatically or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements 'the Monday a week after next Monday'....
