Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

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Metaphor

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A word or phrase used in place of another to literally represent a likeness or analogy between the two.

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Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the end of words.

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman or nonliving thing.

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Oxymoron

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A contradiction between two words put together.

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Apostrophe

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A figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and was able to reply.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a mental picture.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing.