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Figurative Language

1. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
2. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
3. She was as brave as a lion.
4. A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things.
5. Makes writing exciting.
6. He had the teeth of a sponge living in a pineapple under the sea.
7. When a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure.

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Figurative Language (Answer Key)

c 1. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
e 2. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
d 3. She was as brave as a lion.
g 4. A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things.
a 5. Makes writing exciting.
f 6. He had the teeth of a sponge living in a pineapple under the sea.
b 7. When a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure.

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