Figurative Language

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  1. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  2. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  3. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  4. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  5. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  6. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  7. imagery
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
  8. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
Created on Tue Jan 04 12:51:51 EST 2011

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