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FigurativeLanguage2
Figurative Language 2 - KCA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Idioms | an expression whose meaning is different from its literal meaning |
| Imagery | descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses |
| Irony | a contrast or discrepancy between what is expected and what actually happens |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things |
| Mood | the emotional quality of a literary work |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggest that sound of what it describes |
| Overstatement | exaggeration |
| Paradox | a situation or statement that appears to be contradictory but is actually true either in fact or in a figurative sense |