Figurative Language Flashcards
1
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Simile
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Compares 2 things using “like” or “as”
2
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Metaphor
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Describing something as something that’s not real / in reality
3
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Oxymoron
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Uses 2 words that contradict but make sense
4
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Hyperbole
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Exaggerates the meaning of a sentence
5
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Idiom
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Has no literal meaning to the situation but implies facts or a story behind it
6
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Personification
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Gives an inanimate object human characteristics
7
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Symbolism
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Used to express an abstract idea using words or item
8
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Alliteration
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Repetition of letters or sounds used in one sentence
9
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Onomatopoeia
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Describes a sound to resemble the sound they are referring to
10
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Pun
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Creates a play on words
11
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Irony
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When the statement made is directly contradictory to the reality
12
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