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Figurative Language, Words that imitate sounds. - Coggle Diagram
Figurative Language
Similes
A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
She is as pretty as a peach
Metaphors
A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things.
Love is a rose
Hyperbole
an exaggeration
"I am so hungry I could eat a horse
Personfication
Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
The tress whispered in the wind
Alliteration
The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words
Sally sold seashells...
Irony
A contrast between expectation and reality.
(situational, verbal and dramatic)
A fire station burns down
Oxymoron
A figure of speech with contradictory terms or ideas
Jumbo Shrimp
Words that imitate sounds.
Onomatopoeia
boom! pop! sizzz!