Figurative Language

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Exaggeration that cannot be true.

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Hyperbole

Front

Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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Reference to a person, place, or event from literature, sports, history, movies, or the arts.

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Allusion

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A group of words with a meaning different from their literal meaning.

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Idiom

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Comparison of two unlike things by stating one is another.

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Metaphor

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Repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.

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Alliteration

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Giving human traits to nonhuman things.

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Personification

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Words whose sounds suggest their meaning.

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Onomatopoeia

Front

Nick drove faster than a Jedi to the Death Star. Example of:

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Allusion

Front

Five funny frogs ferociously ate french fries. Example of?

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Alliteration