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Figurative Language
Figurative Language & Poetic Devices
| Term | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Literal Language | It is meant to be taken literally | |
| Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration for the sake of the emphasis | |
| Simile | Using like and as to compare dissimilar things | |
| Metaphor | A comparison of 2 dissimilar things that is stated like a fact | |
| Personification | When non-human things are given human characteristics | |
| Idiom | An expression the means something more than the literal meanings of its individual words | |
| Imagry | When the writer uses words to activate the 5 senses | |
| Allusion | A brief indirect reference. | |
| Figurative Language | Vivid |