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figurative language
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| simile | a comparison of two things using like or as |
| metaphor | a comparsion of two unlike things without using like or as alot of tims it have the words are or is |
| personification | a type of metaphor in which non-humans things or ideas possess human qualites or action |
| alliteration | the repetion of a constants sound at the benning of neighboring words (consonants are all the leters expect a,e,i,o,u and y |
| assonance | the reception of vowels sounds stressed sysllbles of neighboring words |
| onoatiopeia | words wich imitate the sound they refer |
| rhyme ture/pre rhyme | words which end with the some sounds usually at th eends of lines |
| internal rhyme | rhyme within a line |
| near/half/impure | slight or inaccurate reptiton of sounds also called impure rhyme |
| eye rhyme | words that look like they rhyme simlar spelling but do not rhyme also called sight rhyme |
| hyperbole | an odvious and sebliberte exaggeran |
| irony/paradox | saying oppsite of what you actually mean |