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Figurative Language '24

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  • It broke my heart.
    simile
    metaphor
    idiom
    hyperbole
  •  15
  • "The train keeps moving, halting, moving, hiccupping through the landscape" (Nagai 278).
    hyperbole
    metaphor
    personification
    simile
  •  5
  • A word that sounds like what it means
    onomatopoeia
  •  5
  • When two things happen just by chance. (No expectation.)
    coincidence
  •  10
  • When you EXPECT one thing, but get something QUITE DIFFERENT.
    situational irony
  •  15
  • Giving human-like traits to something non-human
    personification
  •  20
  • An extreme exaggeration
    hyperbole
  •  25
  • A comparison between two things using like, as, or than
    simile
  •  5
  • A comparison between two things NOT using like, as, or than
    metaphor
  •  10
  • A Saturday Night Live sketch making fun of Justin and Hailey Bieber.
    parody
  •  15
  • A reference to something well known, used for comedic effect.
    parody
  •  20
  • A reference to a well-known text, person, event, etc. (UNCHANGED)
    allusion
  •  25
  • An expression that is not literally true.
    Idiom
  •  25
  • The night was as dark as a blackboard.
    simile
  •  5
  • It's time to HIT THE ROAD.
    idiom
  •  10
  • The cringe was threatening to overwhelm her with second-hand embarrassment.
    personification
  •  10