Figures of Speech

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Figurative

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Words where you have to figure out the meaning.

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Personification

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Giving human traits to objects or ideas.

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Literal

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Words that function exactly as defined.

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that makes a sound.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the initial vowel or consonant sounds.

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Simile

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A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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Metaphor

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A direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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Idiom

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A phrase that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.