Alliteration - Add style by repeating a certain sound, Allusion - Make a reference to a well-known person or story, Dialect - Show how a group of people might speak, Hyperbole - Exaggerated claims not meant to be taken literally, Idiom - Make a point by using an expression or phrase that’s not literal, Irony - Show the exact opposite of what you would expect to happen, Metaphor - Make a direct comparison without using “like” or “as”, Onomatopoeia - A word that sounds like it what it means, Oxymoron - Use words with opposite definitions side by side, Personification - Give human characteristics to non humans, Repetition - Emphasize something by repeating it, Simile - Make a comparison using “like” or “as”, Symbolism - Represent an idea or characteristic using an object or logo,

Figurative Language Practice: Definitions

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