Figurative Language (Figures of Speech) 1 A

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech where a word imitates the natural sound associated with it. Examples include 'buzz', 'hiss', and 'sizzle'.

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What is Hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is a figure of speech that involves exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect.

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What is a Simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'as brave as a lion'.

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What is Alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words. For example, 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Time is a thief'.

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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. For example, 'The wind whispered through the trees'.

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What is an Oxymoron?

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. Examples include 'deafening silence' and 'bittersweet'.

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What is a Pun?

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A pun is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect.

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What is Assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words. For example, 'The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain'.

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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. For example, 'The lumpy, bumpy road'.