Figurative Language Flashcards
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Metaphor
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A comparison between unlike things (implied)
2
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Paradox
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Contradiction, related idea, should not fit
3
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Symbol
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Something that means more than what it is (a representation)
4
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Allegory
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Story that happens on one level has another means below, deeper message below
5
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Personification
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The giving of human characteristics to non-human animal or non-living things, phenomena, material states and objects or abstract ideas.
6
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Simile
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A comparison that is expressed with ‘like’ or ‘as’
7
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Irony
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- Dramatic irony - a situation in which the audience knows something the characters in the story do not
- Situational irony - when an unexpected event or outcome occurs (often humorous)
- Verbal irony - saying the opposite of what one means
8
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Hyperbole/Overstatement
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Exaggeration in the service of truth
9
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Understatement
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Downplaying or saying less than one means
10
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Analogy
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Series of figurative language relating to one topic
