Figurative Language Flashcards

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that imitate sounds (e.g., buzz, hiss)

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Simile

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Comparison using "like" or "as" (e.g., as brave as a lion)

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements (e.g., I'm so hungry I could eat a horse)

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Oxymoron

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Contradictory terms (e.g., jumbo shrimp)

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Metonymy

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Substituting a related term (e.g., "The White House" for the President)

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Idiom

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Phrase with non-literal meaning (e.g., break the ice)

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Metaphor

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Direct comparison (e.g., Time is a thief)

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Personification

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Giving human traits to non-human things (e.g., The wind whispered)

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Alliteration

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds (e.g., Peter Piper picked)

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Proverb

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Short, common saying (e.g., Actions speak louder than words)