Figurative Language

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Comparing 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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simile

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of words is

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alliteration

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A play on words is

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pun

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Comparing 2 unlike things without 'like' or 'as'

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metaphor

Front

Two opposite words used together:

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oxymoron

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Words that imitate their sounds

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onomatopoeia

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Exaggeration for emphasis is

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hyperbole

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Phrase not to take literally, often with historical origin:

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idiom

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Literal language means exactly what it says.

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True

Front

Giving human traits to non-human things

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personification