Friday, October 2, 2015

Definitons of simile, hyperbole, metaphor and the antonym of hyperbole

Definition of simile, Hyperbole, metaphor and the antonynm of hyperbole:
Simile: vocabulary.com-  a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of differnet kinds (usually formed with LIKE or AS).
Merriam-webster.com- the phrase that uses the word LIKE or AS to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar.
Metaphor: vocabulary.com- a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity.
 merriam-webster.com-

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:  a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money); broadly:  figurative language — compare simile

Hyperbole: vocabulary.com- extravagant exaggeration
merriam-webster.com- language that describes something as better or worse that it really is.

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