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Figurative language
is language used for
descriptive effect
, often to illustrate or
imply ideas indirectly.
A simile uses the word
like
or
as
to compare two seemingly
unlike
things.
A
metaphor
directly compares two seemingly
unlike
things
without using like or as.
Personification
is a figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human qualities.
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