Figurative Language

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.

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Plot

Back

What happens in the story.

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Alliteration

Back

When many words in a sentence start with the same sound.

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Setting

Back

The time and place of the story.

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Cause

Back

Something that makes something else happen.

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Simile

Back

A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'

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Metaphor

Back

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

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Personification

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Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things.

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that sound like what they mean, e.g., 'buzz' or 'sizzle.'

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Theme

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The universal lesson or message in a story.