Figurative Language

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Figurative language that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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Figurative language that attributes human traits to the non-human (e.g. Sadness seized me in its clutches)

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Personification

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Comparing two things without 'like' or 'as' indicates this figurative language.

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Metaphor

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Exaggeration in language (e.g., "I am starving" instead of "I'm a little hungry")

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Hyperbole

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Sound device emphasizing words/phrases multiple times

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Repetition

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Common saying with a meaning different from its literal interpretation (e.g., 'I'm pulling your leg').

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Idiom

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Figurative language using sensory details for vivid description.

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Imagery

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Figurative language referring to something outside the text (e.g., a mythical creature).

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Allusion

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"Love is like a red, red rose" is BEST labeled...

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A simile

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"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul" is an example of...

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A metaphor