Figurative Language

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Simile

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

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Metaphor

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A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

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Personification

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A figure of speech where an object or animal is given human feelings or thoughts.

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates the sound it represents.

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Hyperbole

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exaggeration

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Idiom

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An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up.

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Allusion

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A reference to another work of literature, person, or event.

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds