Figurative Language

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A figure of speech in which an explicit comparison is made between two things essentially unalike. The comparison is made explicit by the use of some such word or phrase as like, as, than, similar to, resembles, or seems.

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Simile:

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A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two things essentially unalike. It may take one of four forms:
(1) That in which the literal term and the figurative term are both named.
(2) That in which the literal term is named and the figurative term is implied.
(3) That in which the literal term is implied and the figurative term named
(4) That in which both the literal and the figurative terms are implied.

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Metaphor:

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Use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities

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Symbolism:

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A narrative or description that has a second meaning beneath the surface, often relating each literal term to a fixed, corresponding abstract idea or moral principle: usually, the ulterior meaning belong to a preexisting system of ideas or principles.
CHARACTERS ARE SYMBOLS

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Allegory:

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A figure of speech in which human attributes are given to an animal, an object, or a concept.

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Personification:

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A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used in the service of truth.

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Hyperbole/Overstatement:

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A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

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Pun:

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A compact verbal paradox in which two successive words seemingly contradict one another.

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Oxymoron:

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A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (usually body parts).

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Synecdoche:

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The representation through language of sense experience.

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Imagery:

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A reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history.

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Allusion: