Figurative Language - ANSWERSSaying something in terms of something else, especially a departure
from literal usage.
Simile - ANSWERSAn explicit comparison of items from different classes using words such as like, as,
appears, or seems.
Metaphor - ANSWERSAn implied comparison between two literally incompatible items; it does not use
explicit connective words.
Metonymy - ANSWERSWhere something stands for something else closely related to it.
Synecdoche - ANSWERSA part which represents the whole, or the whole which represents the part.
Extended (or Controlling) Metaphor - ANSWERSA single dominant image that unifies an entire work.
Personification - ANSWERSAttributing human feelings or characteristics to abstractions or inanimate
objects.
Apostrophe - ANSWERSAn address to a person or thing not literally listening or physically present.
Hyperbole - ANSWERSExaggeration used for heightened effect.
Meiosis - ANSWERSExpressive understatement for a specific effect.
Contextual Symbol - ANSWERSDefined by the context of the work at hand.
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