Figurative Language

Front

Giving human qualities to objects or animals

Back

Personification

Front

Words or phrases not taken literally

Back

Idiom

Front

Extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole

Front

A word that mimics a sound

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

Use of same beginning consonant sound in words

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Alliteration

Front

Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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Simile

Front

Words appealing to the 5 senses

Back

Imagery

Front

Comparing two things without "like" or "as"

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Metaphor