Shared Flashcard Set

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As Language and Liturature
Figurative Language
7
English
12th Grade
08/15/2011

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Term
Metaphor
Definition

A comparision where one item becomes the other.

Example. The ocean was glass

Term
Personification
Definition

A thing or object given human like characteristic.

Example. The weather id angry today.

Term
Simile
Definition

A comparision where one item is similar to the other.

Example. The ocean was like glass.

Term
Onomatopoie
Definition
The sound of the word describes its meaning.
Term
Alliteration
Definition
Repetition of a sound within a sentence.
Term
Contrast(Antinthesis)
Definition
Close proximity ideas which seem almost opposite.
Term
Oxymoron
Definition

Two ideas/ Concepts placed together that contradict each other.

Example. It was a white-black.

He had a foolish intelligent.

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