figurative language - When you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning to give the reader a new insight to the topic., simile - A figure of speech that compares two UNLIKE things using like or as., metaphor - A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using like or as; stronger comparison, something IS something else; Example: "In this game of life - your family is the court - and the ball is your heart.", hyperbole - An exaggeration which may be used for emphasis and humor; such as "For the next hour, I asked my parents at least 100 times.", personification - A figure of speech in which an object, animal, or anything non-human is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes; Example: "The fireworks were saying to most of the other people, 'I remember you from last year.'", onomatopoeia - A word that imitates the sound it represents - Crash! Boom! Bang!, connotation - A meaning suggested by a word or an expression that is different from its exact or literal meaning. Words often have a positive + or negative -; youthful vs. childish, colors., idiom - Phrases that have a meaning that is very different from its individual parts. Unlike most sentences that have a literal meaning, idioms have figurative meaning. “She spilled the beans.”, literal - Following the ordinary or usual meaning of the words,
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