simile - a figure of speech that compares two unlike things, usually using the words like or as., metaphor - a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using like or as., alliteration - a literary device in which you repeat the beginning sounds of words., onomatopoeia - a literary device where you use words that sound like what they mean, personification - giving human characteristics to non living things., idiom - a phrase that means something different from its literal meaning., assonance - a literary device in which you repeat vowel sounds in any part of a word., literal language - when you say exactly what you mean (directly stated)., figurative language - when you don’t mean what you say, but imply something else., hyperbole - a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration,

Figurative Language Definitions

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