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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
tenor
the literal subject of the metaphor
vehicle
the term the literal subject is compared to
simile
the comparison of two things using “like” or “as”
personification
Attributing human characteristics to a nonhuman thing or idea
hyperbole
exaggeration
metonymy
When something is used as a symbol or another name for something else. i.e “Washington” = “the US government”
allagory
an abstract concept is presented as though it were a character who acts and speaks as an independent being.