ummm english figurative language

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Simile

A comparison between two dissimilar objects or ideas using 'like' or 'as'.

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Metaphor

A comparison between two things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Hyperbole

Exaggerations used for emphasis or effect.

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Imagery

Figurative language that appeals to any of the five senses.

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Symbolism

The use of an object to represent another object or a larger idea.

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Apostrophe

A statement made to an absent or imaginary person or object as if they were present.

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Alliteration

When a series of words have the same first consonant sound.

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Metonymy

Naming one part of something to describe the whole.

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Allusion

Reference to a person, place or thing from history, pop culture, literature, myth or religion.

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Onomatopoeia

A word or phrase that mimics the sound of what it describes.

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Enjambment

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

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Repetition

The repeating of a word within a sentence or passage for emphasis.

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Rhyme

Words that end in the same sound.

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Rhyme Scheme

The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

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Meter

The rhythm or pattern of beats in poetry.

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Spondee/Spondaic

A meter with two syllables, both stressed (accented).

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Iamb/Iambic

A meter with two syllables, first unstressed and second stressed.

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Trochee/Trochaic

A meter with two syllables, first stressed and second unstressed.

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Anapest/Anapestic

A meter with three syllables, first and second unstressed, third stressed.

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Dactyl/Dactic

A meter with three syllables, first stressed, second and third unstressed.

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