Match the type of figurative language to its example.(5 points)

Personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Alliteration

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Sure! Here are the definitions and examples matched to each type of figurative language:

  1. Personification - Giving human traits to non-human things.
    Example: "The wind whispered through the trees."

  2. Hyperbole - An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
    Example: "I’m so hungry I could eat a horse."

  3. Onomatopoeia - A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing.
    Example: "The bacon sizzled in the pan."

  4. Idiom - A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.
    Example: "It's raining cats and dogs."

  5. Alliteration - The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
    Example: "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."

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