Figurative Language, Literal Language, Poetic Devices

a deliberate exaggeration often used for comic effect. Example - "I could eat a WHOLE elephant."

• hyperbole/hipérbole (noun)

• simile/símil (noun)

• onomatopoeia/onomatopeya (noun)

• personification/personificación (noun)

a comparison of two objects using "like" or "as." Example - "They're looking at you like you're a meal."

• hyperbole/hipérbole (noun)

• simile/símil (noun)

• onomatopoeia/onomatopeya (noun)

• personification/personificación (noun)

vocal imitation of a sound that names or describes a thing or action. Example - "Crash!" or "Bam!"

• hyperbole/hipérbole (noun)

• simile/símil (noun)

• onomatopoeia/onomatopeya (noun)

• personification/personificación (noun)

giving human qualities to non-human things like animals, objects, or ideas. Example - "The motor coughed and wheezed."

• hyperbole/hipérbole (noun)

• simile/símil (noun)

• onomatopoeia/onomatopeya (noun)

• personification/personificación (noun)

a comparison of two objects WITHOUT using "like" or "as." Example - "Life is your restaurant and I'm your maitre'd "

• metaphor/metáfora (noun)

• alliteration/aliteración (noun)

• literal language/lenguaje literal (noun phrase)

• figurative language/lenguaje figurativo (noun phrase)

a repetition of the first consonant sound of a word or phrase - "Shining, shimmering, splendid" or "DOWN in the DUMPS."

• metaphor/metáfora (noun)

• alliteration/aliteración (noun)

• literal language/lenguaje literal (noun phrase)

• figurative language/lenguaje figurativo (noun phrase)

plain words used to describe things in the most exact or basic way.

• metaphor/metáfora (noun)

• alliteration/aliteración (noun)

• literal language/lenguaje literal (noun phrase)

• figurative language/lenguaje figurativo (noun phrase)

imaginative or symbolic words used to describe things in an unusual or extraordinary way.

• metaphor/metáfora (noun)

• alliteration/aliteración (noun)

• literal language/lenguaje literal (noun phrase)

• figurative language/lenguaje figurativo (noun phrase)

visually descriptive or figurative language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• imagery/imágenes

• scansion/escansión (noun)

• prosody/prosodia (noun)

• syntax/sintaxis (noun)

the process of marking beats in a poem to determine its pattern or rhythm.

• imagery/imágenes

• scansion/escansión (noun)

• prosody/prosodia (noun)

• syntax/sintaxis (noun)