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Formal expression of a particular group

• Argot

• Connotation

• Idiom

• Jargon

A specific meaning of a word

The suggested meaning of a word

Metaphor

• makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing, even though this isn't literally true

• uses the words like and as to make a comparison.

• when human characteristics are given to something that is not human.

• None of the choices

Simile

• uses the words like and as to make a comparison.

• makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing, even though this isn't literally true.

• Both choices

is when human characteristics are given to something that is not human

Onomatopoeia

• is a word that imitates the sound of the object or action it refers to

• is when human characteristics are given to something that is not human

• when the beginning sound of words are repeated in close succession.

• an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true.

when the beginning sound of words are repeated in close succession.

Hyperbole

• an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true.

• beginning sound of words are repeated in close succession.

• a phrase that, through general usage within society, has gained a meaning that is different from the literal meaning of the words.

• word that imitates the sound of the object or action it refers to.

Idiom

• phrase that, through general usage within society, has gained a meaning that is different from the literal meaning of the words.

• when the beginning sound of words are repeated in close succession

• an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true.

• when human characteristics are given to something that is not human.