Figurative Language
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
HYPERBOLE
HE EMBARRASSED HER A THOUSAND TIMES.
The use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure.
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ALLITERATION
TIDLY TICKS TICKLED TINY TITS.
Term that is described as a literary stylistic device.
ASSONANCE
TRUE I DO LOOK LIKE SUE.
Repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases.
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ONOMATOPOEIA
THE BOMB WENT "BOOM"
Naming of a thing or action by vocal imitation of the sound or action.
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PERSONIFICATION
THE SUNS SMILING ON A FEILD OF FLOWERS
Representation of a thing or idea doing a human like thing.
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CLICHE
I WALKED A MILE IN TANNERS SHOES.
Phase that is overused and no longer interesting.
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METAPHOR
THE DEPENDABLE FATHER IS A ROCK.
Phrase for one thing to refer to another thing 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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EUPHEMISM
SAY PASSED AWAY INSTEAD OF DIED
A mild word that is used in place of an offensive word.
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IDIOMS
A DIME A DOZEN.
Expression that can be understood from the literal meaning.
CONSONANCE
CHEWY CHOCOLATE.
Repetition of consonant sounds at the middle or end of the word.
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