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Figurative Language
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1Uses the words "like" or "as" to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.
- ASimile
- BAlliteration
- CPersonification
2States a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison.
- ACliches
- BHyperbole
- CMetaphor
3A repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. Includes tongue twisters.
- APersonification
- BAlliteration
- CIdioms
4A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
- APersonification
- BOnomatopoeia
- CCliches
5The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.
- ASimile
- BOnomatopoeia
- CAlliteration
6An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Tall tales.
- AIdioms
- BHyperbole
- CSimile
7An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Tall tales.
- AIdioms
- BHyperbole
- CSimile
8Peculiar to itself either grammatically or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements.
- AIdioms
- BOnomatopoeia
- CPersonification
9An expression that has been used so often that it has become trite and sometimes boring.
- AIdioms
- BCliches
- CMetaphor
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- Definitions of Figurative Language Words
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- Created on 15 Jan 2014 · updated on 21 Sep 2016
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