Figurative Language Review

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Metaphor:

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Comparison of two unrelated things.

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Figurative language

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Meaning different from the literal interpretation

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"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

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Metaphor

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Define hyperbole

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An over exaggeration

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"Look outside! It's raining cats and dogs!" is an example of what?

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Idiom

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A simile is

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a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

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Juxtaposition is

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the fact of two things, usually opposites, being seen or placed close together with contrasting effects.

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Giving non-human things human-like abilities is

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personification

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If something is IRONIC...

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all of these

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Reference to something historical or literary, leaving the reader to connect.

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an allusion