Figurative Language

comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Anaphora

• Allusion

comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

giving human like characteristics to an animal, object, or abstract idea

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Personification

extreme exaggeration

• Onomatopoeia

• Similie

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

words that represent sounds

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Personificaition

• Consonance

The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Alliteration

• Acrostic

A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, or thing of significance.

• Allusion

• Sonnett

• Oxymoron

• Assonance

A comparison between two things in order to highlight similarities.

• Anaphora

• Similie

• Analogy

• Haiku

The repetition of vowel sounds.

• Alliteration

• Analogy

• Assonance

• Acrostic

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clauses.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Anaphora