Figurative Language

Front

Comparison using "like" or "as"

Back

Simile

Front

Words that create a mental picture

Back

Imagery

Front

Direct comparison of two things

Back

Metaphor

Front

A phrase with a different meaning than its words.

Back

Idiom

Front

Giving human qualities to non-human things

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Personification

Front

Words that imitate sounds

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Onomatopoeia

Front

An over exaggeration

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Hyperbole

Front

Pairs contradictory words to express a new meaning

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Oxymoron

Front

Reference to a person, place, work of literature, or historical event.

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Allusion

Front

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Alliteration