Figurative Language Review

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Language using words with non-literal meanings

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figurative language

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Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

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simile

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A figure of speech comparing two things without 'like' or 'as'

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metaphor

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Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

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personification

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Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to

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onomatopoeia

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Exaggerated statement

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hyperbole

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Repetition of a sound at the start of a word

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alliteration

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A phrase that doesn't mean what it says

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idiom

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Friendship of the two girls was as deep as the ocean.

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simile

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The wind stood up and shouted, kicking the leaves.

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personification