Figurative Language

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Use of words that imitate sounds

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Onomatopoeia

Front

Giving human traits to animals, objects, or ideas

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personification

Front

Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

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Simile

Front

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words

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Alliteration

Front

Comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as'

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Metaphor

Front

Expression that doesn't make sense literally.

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Idiom

Front

Extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole