Figurative Language Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 simile | Comparing two things using like or as |
| metaphor | Comparing two things by saying one thing is another. Does not use the words like or as. |
| alliteration | Repeating the beginning sound in a group of several words |
| onomatopoeia | A word that imitates the sound it represents |
| personification | Giving a nonliving thing human like characteristics |
| idiom | An expression that says one thing but means another |
| hyperbole | Exaggeration |
| flashback | In literature and dramatic media, an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point |
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