Figurative Language Part 1: Literary Devices

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Figurative language gives a connotation or denotation?

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Connotation

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Figurative language that doesn't mean what it says, e.g., 'break a leg'.

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Idiom

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Figurative language giving human traits to nonhuman things, e.g., "The wind sang a song."

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Personification

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Figurative language that exaggerates, e.g., "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

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Hyperbole

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Figurative language comparing two nouns using 'like' or 'as', e.g., 'She is as pretty as an angel'.

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Simile

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Figurative language comparing two nouns without 'like' or 'as', e.g., 'He is a wall on the field'.

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Metaphor

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Figurative language referring to something famous, e.g., 'He is such a Romeo'.

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Allusion

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"I've told Amy to be quiet a thousand times!" is an example of

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Hyperbole

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The boss is like a lion.

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Simile

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The tree caught the kite. What type of figurative language?

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Personification