Ms. Martino - Figurative Language Review

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing to another using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• extended metaphor

• symbolism

Human qualities given to animals, objects or ideas

• simile
• personification
• hyperbole
• alliteration 

Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses. Painting pictures with words.

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

• personification

The pattern of rhyme within a poem

• Rhyme Scheme

• mood

• tone

• imagery

a word associated with the sound it represents

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• mood

The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in two or more words in a line

• Rhyme Scheme

• Imagrey

• alliteration

• simile

How a reader feels about the text

• Tone

• mood

• imagrey

• metaphor

The way the author feels about the text

• Tone

• Mood

• Imagrey

• Rhyme scheme

Her smile was as bright as the sun.

This is an example of a

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• onomatopeia

An example of onomatopoeia is

• as big as a house

• Peter Piper picked pickles.

• buzz

• The classroom was a zoo!