10.14 ELA - Figurative Languages

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What is Juxtaposition?

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Juxtaposition is a figurative language technique where two opposite things are placed next to each other to create a comparison.

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What is Personification?

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Personification is a figurative language technique that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects.

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a figurative language technique where a word imitates the sound it represents, such as 'squeak'.

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What is an Idiom?

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An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning, such as 'Don’t cut any corners'.

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What is an Oxymoron?

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as 'bittersweet'.

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What is a Simile?

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A simile is a figurative language technique that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as', such as 'as brave as a lion'.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figurative language technique that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as', such as 'time is a thief'.

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What is Hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, such as 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse'.

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What is Alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words, such as 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore'.

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What is Assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words, such as 'The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain'.