Genres and Figurative Language

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when an inanimate object is given human characteristics

any prose selection that tells about something that actually happened

categories used to classify text

an exaggerated statement used for effect

a story or legend forming part of an oral tradition

a form of nonfiction in which a person tells the story of his or her OWN life

an expression whose meaning is different from the sum of its individual words

any language that is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense