Vocab Set 6

Front

Definition of "Metaphor"?

Back

A comparison without using like or as.

Front

Definition of Simile

Back

A comparison using "like" or "as".

Front

Idiom: it's a piece of cake

Back

it's a piece of cake

Front

NOT an oxymoron:

Back

windy tornado

Front

NOT an example of personification:

Back

The old stairs creaked as I walked up them.

Front

Repetition of consonant sounds

Back

Alliteration

Front

Use of words that imitate sounds

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

Exaggerated statement

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Snake : Slither :: Bunny : Hop

Back

Analogy

Front

Language not meant to be taken literally, used for effect or feeling.

Back

Figurative Language