Figurative Language

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Figurative language

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Meaning different from literal interpretation

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Simile

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Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

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Metaphor

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Comparison of unrelated things without 'like' or 'as'

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Personification

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Giving human/lifelike characteristics to non-human entities.

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration, not meant literally.

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that imitate natural sounds.

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Idiom

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Set expression with cultural meaning; may confuse outsiders.

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Oxymoron

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Two opposite ideas joined for effect.

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Irony

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A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that is opposite of what you expect.

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Example of Simile

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The soldier was as brave as a lion.