Figurative language

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Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

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simile

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Comparison without connection words

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metaphor

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Obvious exaggeration to emphasize a point or add humor.

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hyperbole

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Words or phrases that appeal to the senses and create mental images

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imagery

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Two or three-word phrases with opposite ideas.

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oxymoron

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Giving human qualities to non-human things

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personification

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A play on words through different meanings of the same word or similar-sounding words.

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pun

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Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words

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alliteration

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Repetition of vowel sounds in words

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assonance

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Repetition of words, phrases, or sentence structures in writing

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parallelism