Figurative Language Definitions

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What is an intentional exaggeration of the truth, used to emphasize the importance of something or to create a comic effect?

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Hyperbole

Front

What gives a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance?

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Allusion

Front

What takes non-human things and describes them as having human attributes?

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Personification

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What makes a comparison between two unrelated things stating that one thing is as or like another thing?

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Simile

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What is a language that uses words in ways that shift from their literal interpretation to achieve a more complex or powerful effect?

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Figurative Language

Front

What is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unrelated things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

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What is a humorous play on words that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similar-sounding words?

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Pun

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What is a statement that appears contradictory but reveals a truth?

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Paradox

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What is a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes?

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Personification

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What is a comparison that uses 'like' or 'as' to show similarities between two different things?

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Simile