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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. Using words in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true. It is used for comparison, emphasis, and emotional effect. idiom. An expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words. EX: He let the cat out of the bag.

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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  1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Using words in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true. It is used for comparison, emphasis, and emotional effect.

  2. idiom • An expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words. • EX: He let the cat out of the bag.

  3. hyperbole • Words which exaggerate for effect. • Ex: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

  4. metaphor • Unstated comparison of two things that are basically dissimilar but have qualities in common. • Ex: My brother’s room is a pig sty.

  5. simile • Comparison between two unlike things using like or as. • Ex: My brother’s room is like a pig pen.

  6. oxymoron • Combining contradictory terms for effect. • Ex: Deafening silence • Cruel kindness

  7. onomatopoeia • Use of words whose sounds echo their meanings, such as buzz, gargle, slurp. • Ex: I pulled the strings our of my stalk. Z-Z-zip, Z-Z-Zip. • Lensey Namioka

  8. personification • Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea. • Ex: The flowers danced in the wind.

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