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Figurative Language
Figurative Language List 1
Question | Answer |
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Words used to express something other than their dictionary meanings | Figurative Language |
An expression that has a different meaning from the meaning of its individual words | Idiom |
An overstatement or exaggeration | Hyperbole |
Compares two unlike things using a state of being verb | Metaphor |
Where animals, ideas, or objects are given human characteristics | Personification |
Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as" | Simile |
Anything that stands for or represents something else | Symbol |