Figurative language Flashcards


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Simile

A comparison between two unlike things using like, as, or than.

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Metaphor

A comparison between two unlike things where it's said one thing is something else.

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Personification

Giving human-like qualities to non human creatures or objects.

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Hyperbole

An extreme exaggeration, usually used for humor.

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Onomatopeia

A word that is a sound. It is auditory imagary (auditory means sound)

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Alliternation

The repetiton of consonant sounds (not vowels) in a phrase.

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Oxymoron

When two opposing or conflicting ideas are presented together.