Literary Devices: Hyperbole

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WHAT IS HYPERBOLE?

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EXTREME EXAGGERATION

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SIMILE

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A COMPARISON USING THE WORDS "LIKE" OR "AS"

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ONOMATOPOEIA

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SOUND WORDS

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IMAGERY

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WHEN THE AUTHOR APPEALS TO THE READERS 5 SENSES USING DESCRIPTIVE WORDS AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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ALLITERATION

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A REPETITION OF CONSONANT SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF WORDS

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METAPHOR

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A COMPARISON THAT STATE ONE THING (IS, WAS, WERE, ARE) ANOTHER THING

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PERSONIFICATION

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HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS ARE GIVEN TO OBJECTS AND ANIMALS

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IDIOM

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AN EXPRESSION THAT DOES NOT STATE WHAT IT REALLY MEANS