 Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally  Types of figurative language = figures of speech  Writers use it to state ideas in vivid and imaginative ways

 the use of words that imitate SOUND  …”there’s going to be BOOM-BOOM, BANG- BANG, CRASH!”  Any more examples you know?

 The use, more than ONCE, of any element of language  Ex. Ring, ring, ring… Ring, ring, ring…  Where have you seen repetition while you were reading?

 The use of symbols, or anything that represents or stands for something else

 A contradiction between what happens and what is said

 Repetition of initial consonant SOUNDS

 A comparison between two different things using “like” or “as  Ex. “…and the traffic had packed the main river till it was hard and glassy as glare ice.”

 An implied comparison between different things that do not use “like” or “as”  Ex. “The road was a ribbon of moonlight.”

 A metaphor that is continued through several sentences or paragraphs  “ The winds were ocean waves, thrashing against the tree limbs. The gales only ceasing when the sun went down. Their waved clashed brilliantly with the brining foam and dying leaves to the shore.”

 A form of figurative language in which a lifeless object, an animal, or an idea is made to act like a person

 Exaggeration for effect  Not meant to be taken literally  Ex. “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.”

 A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event  That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles, And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet" And I was crying on the staircase Begging you, "Please don't go" And I said...