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Figurative Langauge
Term | Definition |
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Simile | comparison using like or as |
Metaphor | comparison that says something is something else |
Personification | giving human qualities to something that is not human |
Idiom | group of words with a meaning that is different from the literal meanings of the individual words |
Allusion | reference to mythology, history, and literature |
Hyperbole | intentional exaggeration used for effect |
Alliteration | repetition of initial constant sounds |
Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words |
Conosance | repetition of constant sounds within or at the end of the nearby words |
Onomatopoeia | word that sounds like what it is describing |
Repetition | repeated use of sounds, words,or ideas for effect and emphasis |
Rhyme | identical or similar final word sounds within or at the end of lines |
Rhythm and Meter | patterns of ACCENTED and unaccented syllables |