Figurative Language Flashcards
1
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Allusion
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A brief, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literacy person, place, event, or movement.
2
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Antithesis
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When words and phrases with opposite meaning and implications are used to achieve contrast.
3
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Hyperbole
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Deliberate exaggeration for effect.
4
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Metaphor
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A direct comparison
5
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Simile
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An indirect comparison.
6
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which an abstraction, thing, or non-human form is described as though it were human.
7
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Symbolism
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When an object contained within the fictional world of the text represents another abstract meaning.
