Figurative Language/Literary Devices Flashcards

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Simile

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Comparison using like or as

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Metaphor

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Comparison NOT using like or as; something is or becomes something else

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Onomatopoeia

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Words written to imitate sounds

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Personification

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Non-human things take on human characteristics

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration

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Alliteration

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Repeat of initial sounds

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Oxymoron

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A phrase or statement that seems to say two opposite things

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Idiom

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Meaning is NOT literal

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Allusion

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Reference of a well-known subject; person, place, event, etc.

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Pronouns

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Words that replace nouns in a sentence