1. Figurative Language Terms and Definitions

2. Symbol
Definition:  An object that represents, stands for, or suggests an idea

3. Symbol
Definition:  An object that represents, stands for, or suggests an idea
Examples:
The color white often represents purity or innocence.
The bald eagle often represents the United States.

4. Alliteration
Definition: Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words

5. Alliteration
Definition: Repeated consonant or vowel sounds at the beginning of words
Examples:
My neighbors are not normally noisy.
The candy was killing my cavity.

6. Hyperbole
Definition: Over exaggeration to make a point

7. Hyperbole Definition: Over exaggeration to make a point Example:
The backpack weighed a ton!
She was as tall as a giraffe.  

8. Oxymoron
Definition: Using two words that have opposite meanings but together make sense

9. Oxymoron
Definition: Using two words that have opposite meanings but together make sense Example: Same difference Pretty ugly Seriously funny

10. Simile
Definition: A comparison of two things using like or as.

11. Simile
Definition: A comparison of two things using like or as. Example: The road twisted like a pretzel. I slept like a baby.

12. Metaphor
Definition: Comparison of two things without using like or as.

13. Metaphor
Definition: Comparison of two things without using like or as. Example: Rob was a walking dictionary. The toddler is a silly monkey.

14. Personification
Definition: Giving human qualities to something that isn’t human.

15. Personification
Definition: Giving human qualities to something that isn’t human. Example: The leaves danced through the wind. The wilted flowers begged for water.

16. Onomatopoeia
Definition: words whose meaning are the same as the sounds they make.

17. Onomatopoeia
Definition: words whose meaning are the same as the sounds they make. Example: The bees were buzzing around the hive. The motor was humming all day.

18. Imagery
Definition:  descriptive words and details that creates an picture in the reader's mind 

19. Imagery
Definition: descriptive words and details that creates a picture in the reader's mind Example: The rainbow colored parrot soared through the trees.

20. Assonance
Definition: the same vowel sound is repeated  

21. Assonance
Definition: the same vowel sound is repeated Example: Go mow the lawn. The need for speed.

22. Cliché
Definition:  a phrase that is overused and has lost meaning

23. Cliché
Definition: a phrase that is overused and has lost meaning Example: Waking up on the wrong side on the bed. Every cloud has a silver lining.

24. Allusion
Definition: a reference to another person, place, thing, object, or something that has happened "8A4IXbzOrTKs.99

25. Allusion
Definition: a reference to another person, place, thing, object, or something that has happened Example: “I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinnochio's" "You're acting like the Grinch!"