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Figurative Language

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metaphor a direct comparison of two unlike things stating one thing is the other (EX: Love is a jewel.)
simile an expression comparing one thing to another using the words "like" or "as" (EX: The teacher is as wise as an owl.)
personification when a writer gives human qualities to animals or objects (EX: Lightning danced across the sky.)
hyperbole when a writer exaggerates something (EX: I'm so hungry I could eat an elephant!)
alliteration when a writer uses similar consonant sounds over again in a series of words to emphasize a point or catch the reader's attention (EX: The professor praised his pupil's flowery prose.)
idiom a commonly used expression; it's meaning is not taken literally (EX: pull someone's leg - to joke with someone, pull yourself together - calm down, the cat's out of the bag - someone has told a secret)
imagery when a writer uses detailed description to create a picture in the reader's mind; often invokes the five senses (EX: The smell reminded him of rotting tomatoes.)
mood the feeling that the writer creates for the reader (EX: joyful, loving, somber, bittersweet, humorous, intense)
foreshadowing when the author hints at or mentions something about to happen or that will happen later in the story
repetition when words, phrases or ideas are repeated in a literary work to emphasize or bring attention to something
pun a play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests two or more meanings or involving words with similar sounds (EX: A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired.)
symbolism an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning (EX: A wedding ring symbolizes love.)
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