Figurative Language Flashcards

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Simile

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A comparison using "like" or "as"

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Metaphor

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A direct comparison between two unlike things

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

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Personification

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Giving an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have

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Onomatopoeia

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When a word describes a sound and mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech where contradictory terms appear

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Allusion

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A reference or mention of a person, event, statement, piece of art, history, myths, religion, or popular culture

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Idiom

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A word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning

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Alliteration

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When the same letter or sound occurs at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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Assonance

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The repetition of the sound of a vowel in adjacent or closely connected words