Figurative Language

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What is figurative language?

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Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

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What is literal language?

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Language in which the words mean exactly what they say.

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What is a metaphor?

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A comparison of two unlike things stating that one thing is the other.

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What is a simile?

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A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is an oxymoron?

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A phrase made up of words containing opposite meanings.

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What is personification?

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What is an idiom?

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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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What is a pun?

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A form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similarity in sound for humorous effect.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.