Figurate Language

a type of language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling

• figurate language

• foul language

• connotation

• alliteration

repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

• rhyme

• alliteration

• connotation

• theme

a figure of speech that is a comparison of two or more things using the words LIKE or AS

• metaphor

• simile

• theme

• petameter

a figure of speech that compares two or more things that are unalike, but might have some qualities in common

• metaphor

• simile

• rhyme

• hyperbole

Figurative language (4)

a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human qualities

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

figurative language that uses details to describe the story in a way that engages your five senses

• hyperbole

• personification

• imagery

• tone

a figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words (ex: boom, crash, roar)

• rhyme

• theme

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

You are my sunshine! is an example of what type of figurate language.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

What figurate language is used in this sentence?
Eyes are the windows to the soul.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Euphemism