Figurative Language Flashcard

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What is a metaphor?

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Comparing two things NOT using like or as.

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Imagery

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Visually descriptive language appealing to the 5 senses.

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Simile:

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A comparison that uses like or as.

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Hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration

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What is personification?

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Giving human qualities to animals or objects

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Idiom: An expression with a meaning different from the words.

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An expression whose meaning is different than the words.

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Onomatopoeia:

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a word that is like the sound it makes

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the beginning letter of words

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Symbol: an object that represents something else

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an object that represents something else