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Figurative Language
Term | Definition |
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alliteration | the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words |
allusion | a reference to a person, place, or event from literature, sports, history, movies, or the arts |
hyperbole | an exaggeration that can not be possible true |
figurative language | language that’s intended to create an image in the mind of the listener or reader that goes beyond the literal meaning |
idiom | group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual literal meaning |
onomatopeia | words whose sounds suggest their meaning |
personification | giving human qualities to nonhuman things |
metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things not using the words "like" or "as" |
simile | a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" |
irony | the opposite of what is meant |