Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

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Rhyme

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Words that end with the same sound.

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Metaphor

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A word or phrase used in place of another to literally represent a likeness or analogy between the two.

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Simile

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A comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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Irony

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Whenever a person says or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do.

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Imagery

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Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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Personification

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas.

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that imitate the natural sounds of a thing.

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Oxymoron

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