Helgerson - Figurative Language terms
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| the opposite of literal language | figurative language
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| words that imitate the sounds they name | onomatopoeia
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| the repetition of the beginning sounds in two or more words | alliteration
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| comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" | simile
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| comparing two unlike things by saying one thing IS the other | metaphor
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| He eats like a hog. | simile
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| Don't be such a mule. | metaphor
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| Our cat is so fast; he's a bolt of lightning! | metaphor
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| giving human qualities to inanimate objects | personfication
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| The leaves danced in the wind. | personification
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| an expression that can't be understood from the meanings of its individual words | idiom
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| It's "raining cats and dogs". | idiom
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| a huge exaggeration used for emphasis | hyperbole
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| I've got a ton of papers to grade tonight. | hyperbole
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| saying one thing, but meaning another | verbal irony
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| expecting something to happen that turns out quite differently | situational irony
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| when the reader or audience knows something that the characters in the story don't | dramatic irony
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| time and place | setting
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| the use of words that appeal to the five senses | imagery
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| Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers | alliteration
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| the trolley clattered down the street | onomatopoeia
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| when something stands or represents something greater than itself | symbolism
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| the cross stands for Christianity | symbolism
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| Saying "that was really cool" when your friend does something stupid. | verbal irony
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| a reference to something from history or literature that everyone understands | allusion
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| You're the George Washington of our community. | allusion
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| saying one thing is similar to another by giving an example; using an example or story to explain something else | analogy
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| a statement that seems self-contradictory or absurd, but in reality tells a possible truth | paradox
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| When she walks in the hair, her hair is shiny, kind of like your nose hairs after you sneeze. | analogy
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| I can exist everything except temptation. | paradox
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