English 9 Figurative Language Terms

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metaphor

a word or phrase whose literal meaning is applied to a different object or experience through the use of a “to be” verb

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tenor

the literal subject of the metaphor

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vehicle

the term the literal subject is compared to

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simile

the comparison of two things using “like” or “as”

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personification

Attributing human characteristics to a nonhuman thing or idea

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hyperbole

exaggeration

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metonymy

When something is used as a symbol or another name for something else. i.e “Washington” = “the US government”

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allagory

an abstract concept is presented as though it were a character who acts and speaks as an independent being.