Figurative Language Flashcard

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A word that imitates a noise or action (e.g., 'buzz').

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Onomatopoeia

Front

Compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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simile

Front

Using the same consonant to start two or more stressed syllables in a phrase or verse line.

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Alliteration

Front

Exaggeration beyond reason for humor or emphasis.

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hyperbole

Front

Unit of lines grouped together, like a prose paragraph.

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couplet

Front

Rhyming of a word with another in their accented vowels, not consonants; also called vowel rhyme.

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Assonance

Front

Compares two different things using a word of comparison, like 'like' or 'as'.

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simile

Front

A figure of speech describing an abstraction or non-human form as a person.

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personification

Front

A stanza of four lines.

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quatrain

Front

A word or object that represents another word, object, or idea.

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symbol