EOC I Vocab - Week 1 - Figurative Language

language that is not inteded to be taken in the literal sense (metaphor, simile, hyperbole, idiom, personification - all these fall into the category of ___________)

• figurative language

• personification

• alliteration

• analogy

using a word whose sound imitates or suggest its meaning (swoosh, buzz, yelp, sizzle)

• personification
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• idiom

words that give human qualities to non-human things (The car shot its headlights through the window.)

• hyperbole
• dramatic irony
• epic simile
• personification

like a simile or metaphor, but it goes further (in length) to compare one thing or event to another

• idiom
• analogy
• verbal irony
• personification

extreme exaggeration in order to make a point (I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!)

• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• hyperbole
• idiom

a contrast between what is stated and what is actually meant(the girl with the newly-dyed purple, orange, and green hair is told, "Oh, your hair is so natural!")

• verbal irony
• figurative language
• alliteration
• hyperbole

an expression that has a meaning other than the literal one (It's raining cats and dogs; I'm as fit as a fiddle)

• situational irony
• oxymoron
• figurative language
• idiom

a figure of speech that combines two opposite ideas (sweet sorrow, jumbo shrimp, feather of lead)

• analogy
• oxymoron
• imagery
• situational irony

also called a Homeric simile-an elaborate comparison of unlike subjects

• figurative language
• epic simile
• simile
• metaphor

the repetition of similar consonant sounds (Sue sells sea shells by the seashore.)

• imagery
• metaphor
• aliteration
• dramatic irony