Figures+of+Speech

=**Figurative language**= = =

Simile
a comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as” (for example, “My love is like a red, red rose”). = =

Metaphor
a device of figurative language that compares two unlike things (for example, “My love is a red, red rose”).= = =

Extended metaphor
carried throughout the text of a story or poem. = =

Onomatopoeia
the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning such as “hum,” “bark,” “buzz,” and “roar.” = =

Alliteration
the repetition of the initial sounds or stressed syllables in neighboring words

Personification
nonhumans (animals, objects, abstractions) are represented as being human or as having human attributes

Hyperbole
an overstatement, a conscious exaggeration for the purpose of making a point

Paradox
a statement that is true even though it seems to be saying two opposite things

Oxymoron
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