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Vocab list 3
Term | Definition |
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simile | a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things |
metaphor | a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity |
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 |