Figurative Language Review

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Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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Simile

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Reference to a famous figure or event from a movie or book.

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Allusion

Front

Figures of speech that go beyond literal meanings.

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Figurative Language

Front

Phrase with a meaning different from the literal words

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Idiom

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Sound matches spelling

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Onomatopoeia

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Extreme exaggeration used for humor

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Hyperbole

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An object given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

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Personification

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Using the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

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Alliteration

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Compares two unlike things by saying one is the other.

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Metaphor

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Repetition of internal vowel sounds in a sentence.

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Assonance