Figurative Language

alliteration

• he same letter or sound at the beginning of words

• A comparison of 2 or more things without using the words "like or as". Most of the time the word "is" is used.

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Metaphor

• A comparison of 2 or more things without using the words "like or as". Most of the time the word "is" is used.

• Using your five senses to create an image in your mind of what you’re reading.

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Imagery

• Using your five senses to create an image in your mind of what you’re reading.

• An extreme exaggeration

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allusion

• an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work
• characteristics of something living given to a non-living object

extended metaphor

• When a word, line, or phrase is repeated more than once.
• a figure of speech that compares two essentially unlike things at some length and in several ways

hyperbole

• a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect
• words that sound like their meaning.

onomatopoeia

• a joke that comes from a play on words
• words that sound like their meaning.

personification 

• characteristics of something living given to a non-living object
• words that sound like their meaning.

pun

• When a word, line, or phrase is repeated more than once.
• a joke that comes from a play on words

repetition

• a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using the word like or as
• When a word, line, or phrase is repeated more than once.