Figurative Language & Imagery
Simile, metaphor, personification, symbolism, imagery, and sensory language
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🎨 Figurative Language & Imagery
Master figurative language: simile, metaphor, extended metaphor, personification, apostrophe, hyperbole, understatement, oxymoron, paradox, synecdoche, metonymy, symbolism, allegory, and the five types of imagery (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory).
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