PAGE 1 Flashcards
figurative language terms and authors craft
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Simile
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Compares 2 things using like or as
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metaphor
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comparing 2 things suggesting they are alike
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hyperbole
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an exaggeration that can’t possibly be true
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alliteration
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the beginning repetition of words or sounds of 2 or more words
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Personification
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Giving nonhuman things Human traits
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Symbolism
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Uses symbols to represent ideas
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Allusion
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makes a reference to a place person or event
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Irony
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something that means the opposite
9
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Imagrey
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Visually descriptive
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Idiom
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an expression of 2 or more words that means something other than the literal meaning.
