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Figurative Language
Term | Definition |
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Simile | A figurative speech involving the comparison of one thing to another using "like" or "as" |
Metaphor | A figurative speech where a word or phrase that compares two things that are not alike. It does not use "like" or "as" to compare |
Personification | Giving human like qualities to non-human objects or ideas |
Idiom | Phrases of words that mean more different then what they actually mean |
Onomatopoeia | Words that copy or mimic sounds |
Alliteration | Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
Hyperbole | An exaggeration |