Figurative Language Vocabulary

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figurative language

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language that is not meant to be taken literally (exactly as stated) but rather needs to be interpreted

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hyperbole

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extreme exaggeration

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idiom

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a common figurative phrase 

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personification

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giving human qualities to non-human things

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simile

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a comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”

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metaphor

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a direct comparison between two things 

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alliteration

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the repetition of initial consonant sounds within lines of poetry or imagery in an story

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assonance

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the repetition of vowel sounds in lines of poetry

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onomatopoeia 

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words that imitate sounds 

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imagery

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when a writer uses description or figurative language that paints a picture for the reader using all 5 senses