Figurative Language

Front

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Back

Simile

Front

Comparison without like or as

Back

Metaphor

Front

A metaphor that extends over multiple lines, phrases, or paragraphs

Back

Extended Metaphor

Front

An exaggeration

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Hyperbole

Front

Making something less than it is

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Understatement

Front

Reference to something outside the text

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Allusion

Front

Descriptions that invoke the 5 senses

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Imagery

Front

Human qualities to non-human things

Back

Personification

Front

An expression that differs from its literal meaning. Ex: 'That was a piece of cake.'

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Idiom

Front

Author's feeling about something

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Tone