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Figurative Language
Practice for your upcoming test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | exaggeration used to emphasize a point or to add excitement or humor |
| metaphor | direct comparison between two dissimilar things. |
| personification | giving human/living characteristics to nonhuman objects. |
| simile | comparison between two unlike things using the word “like” or “as.” |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like their meanings |
| personification | giving inanimate objects living characteristics |
| idiom | an expression that does not mean what it says literally |
| sensory imagery | words/phrases that appeal to one or more of our senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste |