Figurative Language

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Simile

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A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike things.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.

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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words to imitate sounds.

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements.

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to animals and inanimate objects.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

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Idiom

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An expression that has meaning to a particular language or region.