Figurative Language Review

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Simile

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A comparison using the linking words “like” or “as”. Example: “Sami is like flowers growing underwater.”

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Metaphor

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A comparison that doesn’t use linking words; says something is something else. Example: “The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area.”

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Analogy

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A comparison between two things to show their similarities, to make a point. Example: “You’re about as useful as arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.”

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Personification

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Giving human qualities to nonhuman things. Example: “Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.”

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Onomatopoeia

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Sound words. Examples: “Bang,” “Woosh,” or “Caw Caw”

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Oxymoron

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A combination of contradictory words. Examples: “same difference,” “bittersweet,” or “awfully good”

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Hyperbole

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An overexaggeration. Examples: “That was the easiest question in the world”

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words. Example: Lily liked lemon lollipops

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Symbolism

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When one thing represents something else. Example: The blue curtains in a story might represent how a character is sad

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Allusion

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A reference to another literary work or event. Example: “Zeus” is the king of the Greek Gods, “Venus” is the Goddess of Love