1. Figurative Language
It is not LITERAL!

2. Peter Piper pecked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
Peter Piper pecked a peck of pickled peppers.

3. Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

4. Assonance
The cat sat on the mat.

5. Assonance
Repeated vowel sounds.

6. Onomatopoeia
The bees buzzed.

7. Words whose sound suggests its meaning.
Onomatopoeia
Words whose sound suggests its meaning.

8. Imagery
Fear was his constant companion.

9. Creating pictures for the senses (through similes or metaphors).
Imagery
Creating pictures for the senses (through similes or metaphors).

10. The book was a passport to adventure.
Metaphor
The book was a passport to adventure.

11. A figure of speech stating two things are similar.
Metaphor
A figure of speech stating two things are similar.
Comparing two unlike things

12. Simile
She floated in like a cloud.

13. Simile A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
It is not a simile if things are not being compared.
She likes pizza. NOT A SIMILE

14. My backpack weighs a ton!
Hyperbole
My backpack weighs a ton!

15. Hyperbole
A extravagant exaggeration.

16. Personification
The cloud whistled as the storm passed by.

17. Personification
Giving human qualities to ideas and things.

18. She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa.
Allusion
She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa.

19. Allusion
A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.

20. Symbol
The Statue of Liberty symbolizes the democratic ideal.

21. Representation of something complex, general, or abstract.
Symbol
Representation of something complex, general, or abstract.

22. Oxymoron
She softly shouted.
It was a quiet riot.

23. A statement that is self- contradicting.
Oxymoron
A statement that is self- contradicting.
It contains words that are the opposite of each other.

24. Unnecessary Words
It is a complete total.

25. Unnecessary Words Redundancies
An expression, usually two words, in which the first or second word is not needed because the second word cannot be qualified.

26. Figurative Language Cheat Sheet
Oxymoron
Symbol
Hyperbole
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Unnecessary Words
Alliteration
Assonance
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery