Figurative Language Flashcard

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

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Simile

Front

An object or nonhuman thing is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

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Personification

Front

Comparing two unlike things without 'like' or 'as'

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Metaphor

Front

Words that imitate sounds

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Onomatopoeia

Front

Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or art

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Allusion

Front

Descriptive language that creates a mental image

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Imagery

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Extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole

Front

Repeating the same consonant sound in nearby words

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Alliteration

Front

An expression that conveys a different meaning than its literal interpretation.

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Idiom

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Hint of future events in a story

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Foreshadowing