Figurative Language Terms & Examples

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Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

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Simile

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Giving human traits to animals or objects

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Personification

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Phrase with opposite words

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Oxymoron

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Extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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Opposite of intended meaning (situational, verbal, dramatic)

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Irony

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Comparison of two unlike things without 'like' or 'as'

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Metaphor

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A phrase meaning something different than its literal meaning.

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Idiom

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Repetition of the same initial consonant sounds

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Alliteration

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A word that imitates its sound.

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Onomatopoeia

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Humorous word substitution that sounds alike but differs in meaning.

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Pun