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Simile:  A figure of speech that involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as.

 

Metaphor:  A figure of speech that involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things.

 

Imagery:  Concrete details that appeal to the senses of sight, sound, smell, and taste, or to internal feelings.

 

Figurative Language: Any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject

 

Symbol:  A person, place, event, or object that has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well.

 

Personification:  A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to nonhuman things and events.

 

Alliteration:  Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words.

 

Onomatopoeia:  The use of words whose sounds suggest their sense.

 

Hyperbole:  An exaggerated statement used especially as a figure of speech to heighten effect.