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Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. Similes, metaphors, personification, and idioms, hyperbole, and alliteration.
The description of an inanimate object as if it were a human being or an animal – Examples: The kite tugged and pulled at the string, longing for the freedom of the skies. The leaves danced across the sidewalk. The race car joked with the tow truck!
An idiom is an expression, usually 2 or more words, that something other than the actual meaning of the words is meant.
the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
An obvious and unrealistic exaggeration.