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Figurative Language
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as') |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity |
| personification | the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. |
| onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration |
| alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse |
| idiom | an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up |
| irony | incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs |
| symbolism | the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning` |
| imagery | the ability to form mental images of things or events |