Figures Of Speech Flashcards
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Synecdoche
Nice Wheels!
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Hyperbole
An exaggeration to create emphasis or effect.
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Hyperbole
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
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Personification
Giving human qualities to animals or objects.
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Personification
The wind whispered through the gloomy forest
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Simile
Comparing two things using like or as.
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Simile
My blanket was as cozy as a warm hug.
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Metaphor
A comparison in which one thing is said to another.
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Metaphor
She is a walking dictionary
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Alliteration
The use of the same beginning consonant sound in a line or verse
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Alliteration
“Stop it!” Sirius seriously shouted.
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Onomatopoeia
A sound effect.
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Onomatopoeia
I dropped my book with a THUD!
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Idium
A saying that has a different meaning then what the words say.
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Idium
When pigs fly!
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Synecdoche
Refers to parts of a whole.
