Understanding Figurative Language

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Simile

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Comparison using "like" or "as"

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Metaphor

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Direct comparison without "like" or "as"

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Personification

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Giving human traits to non-human things

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that imitate sounds

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Alliteration

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Idiom

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Phrase with a meaning different from the literal words

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses

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allusion

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reference to a famous place, person, or event

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repetition

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repeating words or phrases