Figurative Language Review
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Kristy Chapa
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Figurative Language Review
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Simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using like or as.
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Metaphor
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, WITHOUT "like" or "as".
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Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Like Dr. Watson would say, "You know the 3 C's: Questions, comment, concerns?"
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Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
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Irony
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
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Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
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Allusion
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
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Assonance
the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words, phrases, or sentences.
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Idiom
an expression which may not mean literally what it says, but most people understand.
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