Figurative Language By. Veronica Garcia

Alliteration Is the repetition of the same sounds of the beginning of the words. On scrolls of silver snowy sentence. The fickle finger of fate.

Analogy Is the likening of one thing and to other and the basis of some similar between the two. – I see no analogy between your problem and mine. – The analogy between your problem and mine.

Hyperbole A obvious and intentional exaggeration – To wait an eternity. – Im so hungry I can eat a cow.

Imagery Using your imagination and having mental images. – The sky was so blue like the ocean. – Imagine your self walking on a rainbow.

Irony To convey a meaning that is the opposite of literal meanings. – How nice! When I said I had to work all weekend.

Metaphor Applied to something to which it is not literally applicable. A mighty fortress is our God.

Onomatopoeia A sound made like “boom” or “chack”. I was walking and then “boom” I hit my self with the chair.

Paradox It is an statement or opinion contrary to commonly accepted. The paradox that standing is more tiring than walking.

Rhyme Words that sound the same. Is a rhyme for mind and woman kind.

Simile Two unlike things are explicitly compared. She is like a flower.

Foreshadowing To show or indicate beforehand.