McWhorter Figurative Language

A simile.....

• tells what a person likes
• compares two unlike things using the words like or as
• compares two similar things 
• tells what a person is doing

the repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• alliteration

Definition:
The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words. 

• Alliteration
• Symbol
• Assonance
• Rhythm

2. Comparing two unlike things without like or as, is called a 

• Simile
• Metaphor

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

The race car zoomed past the finish line.

• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor

An extreme exaggeration from the truth.

• Assonance
• Rhyme
• Simile
• Hyperbole

When words at the end of different lines of poetry have the same sound.

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Simile

• Consonance

use of descriptive words/phrases to create a picture for the reader

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• imagery
• hyperbole

use of any element of language (word, phrase, line, etc.) more than once

• imagery
• hyperbole
• tone
• repetition