Figurative Language Flashcards
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An association that comes along with a particular word
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Connotation
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Short true story
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Anecdote
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The exact meaning of the word
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Denotation
3
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Figure of speech that uses seeming contradictions
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Oxymoron
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Humorous use of words alike in sound but different in meaning
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Pun
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Proposition to be proved;lengthy essay
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Thesis
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Compares two things using like or as
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Simile
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Compares two things where on is another
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Metaphor
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Attributing a human character or quality to an animal, idea, or thing
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Personification
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Type of phrase where the meanings cannot be inferred by the literal meaning of it
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Idiom
