| A | B |
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| Figurative Language | descriptive writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally |
| simile | a comparison between two unlike things; usually using like or as |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else. A comparison that does not use the words like or as |
| cliche | an overused expression |
| alliteration | a string of words with the same initial consent sound, repetition of the same sounds |
| pun | play on words; using a word that sounds like another word but has another meaning |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration. An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point |
| oxymoron | combining contradictory word to reveal a truth |
| idiom | an expression that has a meaning particular to a language or region |
| euphemism | word or phrase that softens the hard reality of the truth |
| personification | a literary technique of assigning human qualities to inanimate (non human) objects |
| onomatopeia | a literary device that results when words mimic or imitates a sound. |
