Figurative Language Review

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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, such as 'Silly Sammy swam so smoothly.'

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What is a hyperbole?

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A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect, such as 'These shoes take 50 million years to put on.'

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that resembles the sound it makes, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle.'

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by saying one is the other, such as 'Time is a thief.'

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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 'like' or 'as,' such as 'as brave as a lion.'

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What is personification?

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Personification is giving human traits or characteristics to non-human objects or ideas, like 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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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 'It's raining cats and dogs.'

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What is imagery?

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Imagery is descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a picture in the reader's mind, such as 'The golden sun set behind the purple mountains.'

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What is an oxymoron?

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, like 'bittersweet' or 'deafening silence.'

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What is a pun?

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A pun is a form of wordplay that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similar-sounding words for humorous effect, like 'Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.'