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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. Hyperbole. Obvious or intentional exaggeration. Personification. Giving human traits to something not human. Onomatopoeia. Sound words. Metaphors. Comparison of two like things WITHOUT using “like” or “as”. Simile. Comparison of two like things WITH “like” or “as”.

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language

  2. Hyperbole Obvious or intentional exaggeration

  3. Personification Giving human traits to something not human

  4. Onomatopoeia Sound words

  5. Metaphors Comparison of two like things WITHOUT using “like” or “as”

  6. Simile Comparison of two like things WITH “like” or “as”

  7. Idiom An expression whose meaning is not literal

  8. Alliteration Repetition of a sound

  9. Irony The use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning.

  10. Oxymoron Contradictory (or opposite) words to make a phrase

  11. Symbolism The use of symbols to represent something greater than the literal interpretation

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