Figurative Language Vocabulary

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Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as". Example: They fought like cats and dogs!

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simile

Front

A figure of speech where an object or animal is given human traits.

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personification

Front

Comparing two unlike things without "like" or "as". Example: How could she marry that snake?

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metaphor

Front

Imitates a sound

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onomatopoeia

Front

Descriptive language that creates a mental picture

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imagery

Front

Extreme exaggeration

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hyperbole

Front

Words with the same beginning consonant SOUND.

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alliteration

Front

Language using words with meanings different from the literal interpretation.

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figurative language

Front

An expression with a meaning different from its individual words. Example: It's raining cats and dogs.

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idiom

Front

A figure of speech combining contradictory terms.

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oxymoron