Figurative Language & Literary Devices

language techniques that are used in literature that are not meant literally

• metaphor

• figurative language

• literal language

• literary devices

the comparison of two or more things, not using like or as

• simile

• allusion

• analogy

• metaphor

two or more words that have the same beginning sound

• figurative language

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• extended metaphor

the background information about the characters & setting that is explained at the beginning of the story

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

an extreme exaggeration

• extended metaphor

• hyperbole

• imagery

• allusion

a comparison of two or more things using like or as

• metaphor

• analogy

• alliteration

• simile

a word that mimics the sound of the word

• alliteration

• figurative language

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

the complicating events that occur before the climax of the story

• exposition

• setting

• rising action

• falling action

the life lesson or message about human nature; the main idea, message, or insight revealed by the author

• theme

• analogy

• metaphor

• extended metaphor

the events that occur after the climax

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution