Figurative Language- Mrs. Price

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Alliteration

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Repetition of a sound at the beginning of a word “Silly Sarah Sue Sang"

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Analogy

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Relationship between words: synonym, definition, antonym, etc.

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Figurative Language

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Words that may not literally mean what they say

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Figure of Speech

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Language used in a symbolic or nonliteral sense.

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Idiom

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A group of words that's meaning is different from the ordinary meaning of the word. The context can help you understand. Ex: "Put a lid on it"

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Imagery

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Words or phrases that help appeal to the reader's five senses

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Irony

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Contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens

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Jargon

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Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

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metaphor

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Comparing two things that are not a like

"You're a Firework"

(Without using like or as)

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing, even though this isn't literally true.

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Onomatopoeia

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When the words makes the sound it says.

(Ex: The car vroomed down the road.)