Figurative Language

Front

Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."

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Simile

Front

Comparing two things that are not alike to suggest they have something in common.

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Metaphor

Front

Which type of figurative language is defined as: An exaggeration that can't possibly be true?

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Hyperbole

Front

Which type of figurative language is defined as: A figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event?

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Allusion

Front

Which type of figurative language is defined as: The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables?

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Alliteration

Front

Which type of figurative language is defined as: Giving something unhuman, actual human qualities?

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Personification

Front

Which type of figurative language is defined as: The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite?

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Irony

Front

Which type of figurative language is defined as: An expression of two or more words that means something other than the actual or literal meaning?

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Idiom

Front

Which type of figurative language is in the following: Your love is like a red, red rose?

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Simile

Front

Which type of figurative language is in the statement: The porch swing screeched as it swayed back and forth.?

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Personification