Common Figurative Language Techniques – Flashcards
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a figure of speech that implies a comparison between two relatively unlikely things.
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Metaphor
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A "softer," less offensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh or blunt, when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
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Euphemism
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A comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words "like" or "as."
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Simile
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The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Alliteration
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The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or abstract idea.
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Personification
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The repetition of vowel sounds.
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Assonance
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An exaggerated statement used to emphasize a point.
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Hyperbole
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A play on words; sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
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Pun
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A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part.
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Synecdoche
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When incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.
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Oxymoron
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The use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer.
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Onomatopoeia
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jumbo shrimp
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Oxymoron
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I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.
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Pun
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He drew a line as straight as an arrow.
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Simile
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The doomed youth stood on the hill.
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Assonance
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The children were roses grown in concrete gardens.
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Metaphor
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His soul swooned slowly.
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Alliteration
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The wind whispered his name.
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Personification
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His father passed away two days before his graduation.
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Euphemism
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I heard that song for the millionth time today.
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Hyperbole
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The steady buzzing of the bees drove me just about crazy.
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Onomatopoeia
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The ruling from The White House came a day too late.
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Synecdoche
