1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Using words in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true. It is used for comparison, emphasis, and emotional effect.

2. idiom
An expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words.
EX: He let the cat out of the bag.

3. hyperbole Words which exaggerate for effect.
Ex: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

4. metaphor
Unstated comparison of two things that are basically dissimilar but have qualities in common.
Ex: My brother’s room is a pig sty.

5. simile Comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
Ex: My brother’s room is like a pig pen.

6. oxymoron Combining contradictory terms for effect.
Ex: Deafening silence
Cruel kindness

7. onomatopoeia
Use of words whose sounds echo their meanings, such as buzz, gargle, slurp.
Ex: I pulled the strings our of my stalk. Z-Z-zip, Z-Z-Zip.
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8. personification Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
Ex: The flowers danced in the wind.