Figurative Language Terms

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Figurative Language

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words or phrases that exaggerate or alter the usual meaning of the individual words.

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Alliteration

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the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words

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Onomatopoeia

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the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning.

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Metaphor

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a comparison of two unlike objects by saying that one thing is a dissimilar object or thing.

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Idiom

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a group of words whose collective meanings is quite different from their literal meaning.

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Imagery

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descriptive language that appeals to a reader's sense and helps them picture the scene being described.

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Personification

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giving human qualities to nonhuman things.

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Simile

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the comparison of two things using the words like or as

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Hyperbole

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an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true