Figurative Language

Personification: Examples: An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities. Examples:

Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words. Alliteration: Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words. Examples:

Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry. Assonance: Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry. Example: When Sally seems to sit somewhere separate from Sonia.

Exaggeration often used for emphasis. Hyperbole: Exaggeration often used for emphasis. Example: Man, that’s like a Million times harder.

Words that imitate the sound they are naming. onomatopoeia: Words that imitate the sound they are naming.

A direct comparison of two unlike things. Metaphor: A direct comparison of two unlike things. Example : My mind is an ocean; My words are a river.

A comparison of two things using “like” or “as”. Simile: A comparison of two things using “like” or “as”. Example: My mind is an ocean; It’s as smooth as jazz.

Imagery: Most images are visual, but they can also appeal to the senses of sound, touch , taste, or smell.

Idiom: An expression where the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression. It means something other than what it actually says.

The repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words. Consonance: The repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words.