Figurative Language

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Simile: Comparing two unlike objects using like or as.

Back

Comparing two unlike objects using like or as.

Front

Metaphor

Back

Comparing two unlike things as one.

Front

Personification

Back

Giving human qualities to nonhuman objects.

Front

Alliteration

Back

Same beginning letter sounds.

Front

Onomatopoeia

Back

Sound words.

Front

Idiom definition:

Back

A phrase that shouldn't be taken literally.

Front

Hyperbole:

Back

Extreme exaggeration.

Front

Allusion:

Back

Reference to a historical character, text, artwork, etc.

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Dramatic Irony

Back

When the audience knows something, but the characters do not.

Front

Situational irony:

Back

Outcome is opposite of what is expected.