Figurative language

Mrs. nixon (United States of America)
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  1. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  2. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  3. pun
    a humorous play on words
  4. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  5. imagery
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  6. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  7. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  8. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  9. symbolism
    the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning
  10. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
Created on Fri Jun 14 11:56:19 EDT 2013 (updated Fri Jun 14 12:01:32 EDT 2013)

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