Figurative Language

Front

Words or phrases appealing to the senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)

Back

Imagery

Front

Represents itself and something else

Back

symbolism

Front

Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Back

simile

Front

Comparison of two unlike things without 'like' or 'as'.

Back

metaphor

Front

Deliberate and outrageous exaggeration

Back

hyperbole

Front

A paradox combining opposite terms (e.g., small crowd, living dead).

Back

oxymoron

Front

Speaker says one thing, means the opposite.

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verbal irony

Front

Event unexpected by characters or audience

Back

situational irony

Front

Metaphor giving human traits to inanimate objects or ideas

Back

personification

Front

Reference to a mythological, literary, or historical entity

Back

allusion