Figurlative Lanugage Flashcards
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Comparing two unlike things using like and or as .
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Simile
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A comparison of two unlike things to compare them
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Metaphor
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Words that represent sounds . Bam,pow,swish,kapow
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Onomatopoeia
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Initial sounds of a word repeated close together . ( Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers ) the P is the alliteration .
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Alliteration
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Giving human characteristics to non human things .
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Personification
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An exaggerated statement used for effect . I could eat a horse . Means your really hungry .
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Hyperbole
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An expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words . Like break a leg
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Idiom
