FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
repetition Alliteration- the___________ of initial consonant sounds.
Imagery- words or phrases that appeal to any _________ or combination of senses.
Metaphor- a comparison between ________ objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. two
Onomatopoeia- the use of words which imitate __________. sound
Personification- a figure of speech which endows ______________ objects with__________ traits or abilities. inanimate human
Repetition/refrain- the repeating of _______, __________, _________, or ___________. words phrases lines stanzas
Rhyme- the similarity of __________ ________ existing between two or more words. ending sounds
Hyperbole- an obvious and deliberate______________. exaggeration
Simile- a comparison between ______ objects using specific word or comparison such as “______” or “____.” two like as
Stanza- a grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of __________, metrical form, or __________ __________. length rhyme scheme
Idiom- an expression that cannot be _____________ from the meanings of its separate words but that has a __________ of its own understood meaning