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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Figurative Language | The use of words beyond what they usually mean |
| Idiom | A phrase where the meaning is not literal |
| Metaphor | Compares two things by stating that one thing is another |
| Simile | Compares two thinbs using the worfs "like" or "as" |
| Alliteration | Repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words |
| Hyperbole | An outrageous exxageration that emphasizes a point |
| Personification | Gives human characteristics to inaminate objects, animals, or ideas |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of words that sound like their meaning, or words that mimic sounds |
| Oxymoron | a phrase made up of two or more words that actually have opposite meanings |
| Receive | Get something; come into possession of |
| Ordinary | |
| Committee | A special group delegated to consider some matter |
| Campaign | Related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal |
| Incredible | Hard or impossible to leave |
| Jeopardy | Danger |