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Figurative Terms
Figurative Language Terms for review
Question | Answer |
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A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" | Simile |
An extreme exaggeration | Hyperbole |
A statement that is not easily understood if taken literally. | Idiom |
A comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as" | Metaphor |
Giving human characteristics to non-human things. | Personification |
The repetition of initial sound at the beginning of words. | Alliteration |
Using same vowel sound to create near rhyme with words. | Assonance |