Speech Figurative Language & Sound Devices

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compares two different things by highlighting the similarities.

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Simile

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an exaggerated statement used to make a point

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Hyperbole

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a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as

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Metaphor

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the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

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Personification

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The squEAky whEEl gets the grEAse.

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assonance

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This sports team is a Cinderella story! Translation: A bad sports team becomes great. This is an example of a/an

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allusion

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"Sally sell sea shells by the sea shore" is an example of

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alliteration

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Conveys the opposite of what is said.

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Irony

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Great, gregarious Gary from Gryffindor likes grapes.

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consonance

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This is an example of which of the following? Options: Repetition

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Repetition