Figritive Language Flashcards

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Simile

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A comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
Explicit comparison
“Life is like a box of chocolates”

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Metaphor

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Is a comparison of tow unlike things to point out one similarity between the two
Implicit comparison
“Life is a roller coaster”

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Onimonatapia

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The formation of use of words that imitate the sounds associate with the objects or action

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Alliteration

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When u see the beginning of the sounds being repeated

“We felt dreary and dismal in the darkness of the night”

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Personification

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When u give human characteristics to a non- human object

“The sun smiled down on use”

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Hyperbole

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Is an exaggeration statement used for event and not meant to teaken latterly

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Idiom

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an expression that meant some thing other than the literal meanings of its individual words
@ “ break a leg”

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