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Figuirtive Language

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

LAYNE KOSTENKO

HYPERBOLE

HE EMBARACED HER A THOUSAND TIMES.
The use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.
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PUN

EVERY CALENDAR'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED.
The exploiting of multiple word meanings.
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ALLITERATION

COME AND CLEAN YOUR CLOSET.
Term that describes a literary stylistic device.
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ASSONANCE

TRUE, I DO LIKE SUE.
Repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming with in phrases.
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ONAMATOPOEIA

THE TRAIN GOES "CHOO CHOO".
Naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it.

OXYMORON

ITS A DEFINATE MAYBE.
A combination of words that have opposite meanings.
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PERSONIFICATION

THE SUN SMILED DOWN ON THE FLOWERS.
Representation of a thing or idea doing a human like trait.
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CLICHÉ

I WALKED A MILE IN TANNER'S SHOES.
Phrase that is overused and no longer interesting.

METAPHOR

THE DEPENDABLE FATHER IS A ROCK.
Phrase for one thing to refer to another to show how they are alike.
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SIMILE

HE EATS LIKE A PIG.
Phrase that uses like or as to describe something.
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EUPHANISM

SAYING PASSED AWAY INSTEAD OF DIED.
A mild word that is used in place of an offensive word.
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PROVERBS

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.
Brief saying that gives advice.
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IDIOMS

A DIME A DOZEN.
Expression that can't be understood from the literal meaning.
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CONSONANCE

CHEWY CHOCOLATES.
Repetition of consonant sounds at the middle or end of words.