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33 Cards in this Set
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Figurative Language
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Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else,
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Example of Figurative Language
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Similes, Methaphors, Analogies, Personification, Hyperbole
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Figures of Speech
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The use of Figurative Language
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Examples of Figures of Speech
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The pencil screamed as it was sharpen
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Simile
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A simile uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.
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Example of a Simile
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Busy as a bee
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Metaphor
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The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison.
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Examples of Metaphor
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You are what you eat.
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Analogies
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A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based.
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Example of Analogies
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Shoe is to foot as glove is to hand
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Imagery
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Describing something using the five senses.
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Example of Imagery
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The small cold dark room smelled like fish.
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Onomatopia
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The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.
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Examples of Onomatopia
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Snap crackle pop
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
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Example of Personification
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The leaves danced as they fell from the tree.
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Hyperbole
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An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true.
Tall tales are hyperboles. |
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Examples of Hyperbole
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He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.
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Idiom
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A phrase whos meaning is only know by its common use.
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Example of Idiom
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Your driving me up the wall.
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Symbolism
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When one thing represents another thing.
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Examples of Symbolism
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A heart represents love.
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Foreshadowing
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The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature.
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Example of Foreshadowing
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She pulled up the gun close to her head as she remebered the painful memories.
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Tone
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Any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source.
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Example of Tone
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Sarcasm
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Point of View
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The perspactive of which the story is told.
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Example of Point of View
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First Person, Second Person, Third Person,
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Flashback
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When the story takes you back in time to tell you something important about the story.
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Example of Flashback
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When he was 3 his house burned down.
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Mood
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The authors feeling/emotion towards the story.
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Example of Mood
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Looking at the box makes me scared just a bit.
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Allusion
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A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event--real or fictional.
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