Figurative Language and Literary Devices

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Repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words

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Alliteration

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An object or animal described as having human feelings or thoughts.

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Personification

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Overstating something for comic effect

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Hyperbole

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Describes one thing in terms of another, not literally true.

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Figure of Speech

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Expression unique to a language with a meaning different from the literal interpretation.

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Idiom

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Comparison of unlike things using 'like', 'as', or 'resembles'.

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Simile

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Imaginative comparison between unlike things, one said to be another.

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Metaphor

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Comparison between two things showing similarities

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Analogy

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Words that imitate or suggest their meaning

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Onomatopoeia

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Reference to a statement, person, place, or event from literature, arts, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.

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Allusion