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Figurative Language - Definitions Only
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Literature
6th Grade
01/18/2012

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Simile
Definition
Comparing two (or more) things using the words "like" or "as".
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Metaphor
Definition
Comparing two (or more) things by substituting one object for another - Without "like" or "as".
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Hyperbole
Definition
Greatly exaggerating the truth
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Idiom
Definition
Common expression understood figuratively; meaning is different from it's individual words.
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Personification
Definition
Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
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Alliteration
Definition
Using several words that all include the same sound; repetition of consonate sounds at beginning of words.
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Naming an action or a thing according to what is sounds like.
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Rhyme Scheme
Definition
Pattern of end rhyme; Assigning letters to each word at the end (rhyming words are given the same letters)
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Rhythm
Definition
Patters of stressed and unstressed syllables in the line (flow of poetry/prose when reading)
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Repetition
Definition
Writer/speaker knowingly repeats a word or group of words for effect.
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