Figurative Language

Figurative language is language used by writers to produce images in readers' minds and to
express ideas in fresh, vivid, and imaginative ways.
A simile
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is a comparison of two things, indicated by some connective, usually "like", "as", "than", or
a verb such as "resembles" to show how they are similar.
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!ample" "#is cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry...$And the beard on his chin
was as white as the snow." %emph added&'(lement (lark )oore
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A metaphor
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is figure of speech in which two "essentially unlike things" are shown to have a
type of resemblance or create a new image.
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-he similarities between the ob.ects being
compared may be implied rather than directly stated.
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!ample" "/og comes on little cat feet"'(arl 0andburg
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2nomatopoeia is a word designed to be an imitation of a sound.
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!ample" 45ark6 5ark67 went the dog as he chased the car that vroomed past.
8ersonification
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is the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate
ob.ects or abstract notions,
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especially as a rhetorical figure.
!ample" "5ecause 9 could not stop for :eath,$#e kindly stopped for me;$-he carriage held
but .ust ourselves$And 9mmortality."'mily :ickinson. :ickinson portrays death as a
carriage driver.
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A parado! is a statement or proposition which is self<contradictory,
unreasonable, or illogical.
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!ample" -his statement is a lie.
#yperbole is a figure of speech which uses an e!travagant or
e!aggerated statement to e!press strong feelings.
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!ample" -hey had been walking so long that =ohn thought he might drink the entire lake
when they came upon it.
Allusion is a reference to a famous character or event.
!ample" >ike #ercules, he is so strong.
An idiom is an e!pression that has a figurative meaning
unrelated to the literal meaning of the phrase.
!ample" ?ou should keep your eye out for him.
-o keep an eye out for someone means to watch out for them.