Figurative Language

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Exaggeration or overstatement

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hyperbole

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Words that imitate sounds

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onomatopoeia

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of words

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alliteration

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A figure of speech using 'like' or 'as' for comparison

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simile

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Figurative language giving human traits to nonhuman subjects

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personification

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Comparison of subjects without 'like' or 'as'

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metaphor

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'The computer winked at me when I turned it off' is an example of...

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personification

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A word or phrase not taken literally

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idiom

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'It was raining cats and dogs' is an example of...

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idiom

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'My dog is a vacuum cleaner, lapping up every crumb' is an example of...

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metaphor