Figurative Language

Front

Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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simile

Front

Comparison of two unlike things without 'like' or 'as'

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metaphor

Front

Extreme exaggeration

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hyperbole

Front

A phrase that says one thing but means another.

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idiom

Front

A word that represents a sound

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onomatopoeia

Front

Giving human traits to nonhuman things

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Personification

Front

Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words

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alliteration

Front

Repetition of the same vowel sound in words

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assonance

Front

Repetition of the same consonant sound in the middle of words

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consonance

Front

Story mentions a book, movie, song, character, or real person

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allusion