#5: PRACTICE: Figurative Language

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Simile
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
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Metaphor
A comparison using "is"
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Personification
giving human characteristics to non-human things
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Oxymoron
two words that contradict each other
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Irony
A contrast between expectation and reality
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Hyperbole
extreme exaggeration
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Allusion
A reference to a commonly known thing
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Onomatopoeia
words that imitate sounds
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Alliteration
Repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words
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Pun
a joke using the different possible meanings of a word
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Symbolismthe use of symbols to represent ideasClichéan overused expressionConnotationThe feelings or meanings that a word bringsContradictiona statement that is the opposite of another statementIdiomA common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.Paradoxa statement that seems contradictory but is actually trueImagery/Sensory Detailswords that appeals to the sensesAnalogya relationship between two thingsSynonyma word that has the same meaning as another wordProverba short, wise saying

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