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Vocab Words
English Homework 9/28/15
Term | Definition |
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Metaphor | a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity |
Similie | a figure of speech expressing |
Hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
Onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote |
Alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word |
Personification | attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas |
Symbolism | the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning |
Literal | limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text |
Figurative | not literal |