Figurative Language

Simile

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

Metaphor

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

Personification

• exaggeration

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

Onomatopoeia

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given h

Hyperbole

• exaggeration

• Repetition of consonant sounds

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

Idiom

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or even

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

Allusion

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

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Alliteration

• Repetition of consonant sounds

• exaggeration

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up