Figurative Language Vocabulary

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Simile

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A comparison of two things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'Her smile is like the sun.'

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words. Example: 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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Idiom

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A commonly used phrase that means something different than the words in the phrase. Example: 'It's raining cats and dogs.'

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'Time is a thief.'

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally. Example: 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.'

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Personification

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Giving human traits to non-human things. Example: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that imitate a sound. Example: 'buzz', 'bang', 'sizzle'.

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Rhyme

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The repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, often at the end of lines in poems. Example: 'cat' and 'hat'.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in the reader's mind. Example: 'The golden sun set over the calm, blue ocean.'

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. Example: 'bittersweet'.