Figurative language

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simile

Comparing two things using like or as

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metaphor

Comparing two things WITHOUT like or as

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personification

giving human qualities to non human things

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hyperbole

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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Idiom

the words don't mean what they say

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symbolism

something that stands for something else

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oxymoron

2 words together that contradict each other

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allusion

something that references something popular or in the past

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onomatopoeia

words that mean sounds

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alteration

words that have the same sound in them