English - Figurative Language

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Allusion

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Making a reference to a part of another work of literature

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Analogy

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Two unlike things compared with two other unlike things.

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Symbol

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An item that represents a larger idea.

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Personification

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Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects or animals

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Hyperbole

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Complete exaggeration to make a point, often used humorously or meanly.

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Idiom

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Word or phrase that doesn't literally mean what it says

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Ode

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Poetry expressing strong feelings, exaggerating the good.

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Oxymoron

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When contradictory words appear next to each other.

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Irony

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Contrast between expectation & actual outcome.

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Consonance

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Using the same consonant sound at the middle or end of nearby words.