Figurative Language

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Personification

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giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

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Hyperbole:

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an exaggeration used to make a point

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Idiom: A word meaning something other than what is said.

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A word that means something other than what is being said.

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Cliche

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a phrase that is overused

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Alliteration

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when two or more words begin with the same initial sound

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Onomatopoeia

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words that make sounds

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Simile: comparison of unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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Simile: comparison of unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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Metaphor: comparison of unlike things saying something IS another thing

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comparison of unlike things saying something IS another thing