Figurative Language Flashcards
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Simile
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A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what your going to get
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Metaphor
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Is a comparison of two unlike things to point out one similarity between the two.
Life is a roller coaster
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Onomatopoeia
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Words that make sounds
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Alliteration
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When the initial sounds of a word and repeated in close proximity
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Personification
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Giving human characteristics to. Non human object
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Hyperbole
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Is an exaggerated stamens used for the effect and not meant to be taken literally
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Idiom
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A expedition that means something that it really doesn’t mean it
