Figurative Language

Front

Figure of speech referencing books, movies, places, or pop culture

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Allusion

Front

Comparison of unrelated things stating one is another.

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Metaphor

Front

A phrase with a meaning different from its literal words

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Idiom

Front

Comparison using "like" or "as"

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Simile

Front

Exaggeration that cannot be true, used to emphasize something

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Hyperbole

Front

Human traits assigned to non-humans

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Personification

Front

Beginning sounds of words repeated close together

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Alliteration

Front

A word that imitates the sound of the object or action it refers to

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Onomatopoeia

Front

Her messy room was a disaster zone.

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Metaphor

Front

Besmirching that name by behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons

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Alliteration