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Figurative Language
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words | alliteration |
| a reference to someone or something famous | allusion |
| comparison of two or more unlike things in order to show a similarity in their characteristics | analogy |
| comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" | simile |
| comparison of two unlike things where it is said one is the other | metaphor |
| comparison that continues for several lines or the entire length of a work | extended metaphor |
| repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of a poem | assonance |
| the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression | Idiom |
| language that provides a sensory experience | imagery |
| intentional exaggeration | hyperbole |
| intentional understatement | litote |
| words that imitate the sound that they are naming | onomatopeia |
| combines two contradictory terms | oxymoron |
| A nonliving thing given human or life-like qualities | personification |
| use of a word or object that represents something deeper | symbolism |