Figures of Speech Flashcards
0
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A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as
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Metaphor
1
Q
A comparison of two sets of unlike things.
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Analogy
2
Q
A comparison of two unlike things USING like or as
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Simile
3
Q
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
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Personification
4
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An exaggeration
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Hyperbole
5
Q
When a concrete object represents an abstract idea
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Symbolism
6
Q
A common expression or phrase that does not mean what it literally says
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Idiom
7
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Sound Word
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Onomatopoeia
8
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Repeating the same consonant sound
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Alliteration
