Figurative Language

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What is figurative language?

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Figurative language is a way of using words to create a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. It includes various techniques like similes, metaphors, and personification.

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What is an oxymoron?

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect, such as 'jumbo shrimp' or 'deafening silence'.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate natural sounds, like 'buzz', 'sizzle', or 'bang'.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech where human characteristics are given to non-human things, such as 'the wind whispered through the trees'.

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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 a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unrelated things without using 'like' or 'as', such as 'time is a thief'.

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, such as 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'.

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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, like 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'.

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What is idiom?

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An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning, such as 'kick the bucket' meaning to die.

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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, like 'time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana'.