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AS Lang
Figurative language
9
English
12th Grade
08/15/2011

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Term
METAPHOR
Definition
A comparison where one item becomes the other
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PERSONIFICATION
Definition
A thing or object given human like characteristics
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SIMILE
Definition
A comparison where one item is similar to the other
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ONOMATOPOEIA
Definition
The sound of the word describe its meaning
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ALLITERATION
Definition
Repetition of a sound within a sentence
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CONTRAST
Definition
Close provinity ideas which seem almost opposite
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OXYMORON
Definition
2 ideas/concepts placed together that contradict each either
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HYPERBOL-EXAGGERATION
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REPETITION
Definition
Repeat,repetition,repetition,....
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