Figurative Language and Vocabulary Review

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Comparing two unlike things

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Giving human characteristics to something not human

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Giving meaning to something (Flag=Freedom)

• symbolism

• imagery

• alliteration

• anthesis

Creating a picture in your mind by using detail

• symbolism

• imagery

• alliteration

• antithesis

Using same beginning sound letters in a sentence

• symbolism

• imagery

• alliteration

• anthesis

a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

• symbolism

• imagery

• alliteration

• anthesis

an expression with no specific meaning derived from the exact wording (up in the air, raining cats and dogs) usually simple and striking

• idiom

• epiphany

• onomotopeia

• verbal irony

• repetition

an intuitive grasp of reality through something (Light bulb moment)

• idiom

• epiphany

• Onomatopoeia

• verbal irony

• repetition