Figurative Language

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A figure of speech comparing dissimilar objects or concepts using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

Front

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

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech where an idea or thing is given human traits or feelings.

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Personification

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A boldly overstated claim that emphasizes without being literally true.

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Hyperbole

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A figure of speech that makes a situation seem less important.

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Understatement

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A brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or literary work familiar to the reader.

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Allusion

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Use of language to evoke sensory experience or create a picture with words.

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Imagery

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A word that imitates natural sounds

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Onomatopoeia

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words

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Alliteration

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A widely used expression with a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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Idiom