Figurative Language Practice

Write a simile.

Definition: A comparison using like or as.

Write a metaphor.

A comparison of two unlike things or a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Write an example using personification.

Definition: Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things or objects.

Write an example using allusion.

Definition: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. A historical reference or reference to something outside of the topic.

Write a pun.

Definition: A pun, also known as paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.

Write an oxymoron.

Definition: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Write an example of situational irony.

Definition: when the outcome is the opposite or completely different from what was expected

Give an example of foreshadowing.

Definition: be a warning or indication of (a future event); an author hinting at something that will happen in the future.

Write an example of assonance.

Definition: the repetition of the sound of a vowel.

Write an example of alliteration.

Definition: the occurrence of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.