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F.L. Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Simile | Comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
| Metaphor | Comparison 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 humorous |
| 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 |