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Figurative Language

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A	B
Imagery	using words to explain how something looks, tastes, feels, or sounds
Hyperbole	exaggeration
Metaphor	compares two unlike things but does not use like or as
Personification	giving an object,idea, or animal the characteristics of a person
Simile	using like or as to compare two unlike things
Alliteration	the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words
Idiom	a saying whose meaning is different from the meaning of individual words
Onomatopoeia	using words whose sounds indicate their meaning

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