Figurative Language

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is another.

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What is imagery?

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Words used to involve one or more of the reader's five senses.

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What is understatement?

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A figure of speech that describes something in a way that makes it seem far less important than it is, usually for irony.

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What is allusion?

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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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What is personification?

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is oxymoron?

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

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What is verbal irony?

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A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.