Figurative Language

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What is an Oxymoron?

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as 'living dead' or 'deafening silence.'

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What is Tautology?

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Tautology is a redundant statement where the same idea is expressed in different words, such as 'slow down and take your time.'

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What is Alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words, like 'Hannah’s home has heat, hopefully.'

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What is an Idiom?

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An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning, such as 'not playing with a full deck.'

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What is Synecdoche?

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Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or vice versa, like saying 'Pittsburgh is going to the Super Bowl' to refer to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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What is Hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect.

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What is Personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What is Assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words, creating internal rhyming.

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What is Consonance?

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Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity within a sentence or phrase.

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What is Litotes?

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Litotes is a figure of speech that uses understatement to emphasize a point by stating a negative to affirm a positive.