Figurative Language - Creative Writing

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Metaphor: An imaginative comparison between two similar things.

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Metaphor

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Words used in a simile:

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LIKE or AS

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Allusion?

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Reference to something with literary, cultural, or historical significance.

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"She's as clever as a fox" is an example of...

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Simile

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"Dying is a wild night and a new road" is an example of...

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Metaphor

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Death in Poe's "Masque of the Red Death" exemplifies...

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Personification

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"That line is a million miles long!" is an example of...

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Hyperbole

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The Crown extends an invitation... The Crown represents a monarch. This is an example of...

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Metonymy

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"Easy there, Romeo..." is an example of...

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Allusion

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"It's like comparing apples to oranges" is an example of...

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Idiom