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Figurative Language
Definitions for figurative language terms.
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English
10th Grade
03/11/2010

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allusion
Definition
a brief rederence in a work of literature to a person, place, or event in another literary work - ex: The Bible, mythology, history, etc.
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apostrophe
Definition
a figure of speech in which the writer addresses a person or thing not literally listening or present.
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hyperbole
Definition
poetic exagerration or an overstatement
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imagery
Definition
sensations produced in the mind by language. the imagery of a poem includes both images and figurative language.
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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which one thing is implicitly compared to another, without using the word like or as.
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metonymy
Definition
substitution of one thing for another closely associated with it
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onomatopoeia
Definition
the use of words whose wound implies the meaning
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paradox
Definition
an apparently self-contradictory statement that has validity
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oxymoron
Definition
a combination of contradictory words
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personification
Definition
ascribing human feelings or characteristics to inanimate objects or to abstractions
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simile
Definition
an explicit comparison between two things that uses the term like or as
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synecdoche
Definition
using part of a thing to stand for the whole of it- ex: lend me a hand
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