Figurative Language Exam Prep

Front

Comparison of different things using "like" or "as" for vivid description.

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simile

Front

A figure of speech that equates one thing to another for rhetorical effect.

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metaphor

Front

Occurrence of the same letter/sound at the start of adjacent words.

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alliteration

Front

A word that phonetically imitates the sound it describes.

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onomatopoeia

Front

A figure of speech giving human traits to animals, objects, or ideas.

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personification

Front

A figure of speech with contradictory terms together

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oxymoron

Front

falsely true

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oxymoron

Front

She sells sea-shells by the sea-shore

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alliteration

Front

The Sun smiled at us.

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Personification.

Front

He is a lion.

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metaphor