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Definitions of Figurative Language Devices
Question | Answer |
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What is alliteration? | The repetition of beginning sounds in words near each other in a sentence or in lines of poetry. |
What is a metaphor? | A comparison between two things that are not alike that DOES NOT use "like" or "as." |
What is a simile? | A comparison between two things that are not alike that DOES USE "like" or "as." |
What is a hyperbole? | An exaggeration a writer uses to make a point. |
What is an idiom? | An idiotic, illogical expression that means something different from what it actually says. |
What is an oxymoron? | Two opposites used together to make a new meaning. |
What is imagery? | Writing that appeals to the five senses. |
What is onomatopoeia? | Words that sound like their meanings. |
What is personification? | Giving human characteristics to non-human things. |
What is symbolism? | Using people, objects, situations, setting, or actions to represent something else. |
What is verbal irony? | Saying the opposite of what you mean. |