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Fig.Term #4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Simile | comparision of two unlike things using like or as |
| Metaphor | comparision of two unlike things without using like or as - saying one thing is something else |
| Personification | giving human characteristics to something that is not human |
| Hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| Pun | a "play" on words intended to be humerous |
| Alliteration | repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds. (SOUNDS NOT LETTERS) |
| Onomatopoeia | the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named |
| Allusion | a reference,typically brief, to a person, place,thing,event,or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar |
| Idiom | a phrase whose non-literal meaning must be applied |
| Irony | an unexpected outcome |