extreme exaggeration to make a point

representing non-human things with human qualities

words that sound like what they mean, (like "buzz" or "bang")

comparing two unlike thing using "like" or "as"

comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

phrases that cannot be translated exactly, peculiar to certain group or language

repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more adjacent words

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week six vocabulary

Term	Definition
Hyperbole	extreme exaggeration to make a point
Personification	representing non-human things with human qualities
Onomatopoeia	words that sound like what they mean, (like "buzz" or "bang")
Simile	comparing two unlike thing using "like" or "as"
Metaphor	comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
ldiom	phrases that cannot be translated exactly, peculiar to certain group or language
Alliteration	repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more adjacent words