Literary Devices: Figurative Language

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Reference to someone/something known from literature, history, religion, or culture.

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Allusion

Front

A phrase that means something different from its sound.

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Idiom

Front

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.

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Personification

Front

Direct comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

Front

The boss is like a lion.

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Simile

Front

The tree caught the kite. What type of figurative language?

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Personification

Front

Break a leg! What type of figurative language?

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Idiom

Front

Direct representation or comparison where one thing is another

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Metaphor

Front

"I told you a million times, do not exaggerate!" is an example of

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Hyperbole

Front

Mental picture using senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch.

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Imagery