Devices of sense Flashcards

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Metaphor

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They direct comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as

Life is a game

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Simile

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Comparison of two unlike things using like or as

He eats like a pig

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration

I told you 1 million times to clean your room

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Symbolism

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Using concrete objects to represent a abstract idea

A clock equals time

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Personification

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Give me qualities to nonhuman things

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Allusion

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A reference to pass literature or history

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