Figurative Language

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents, like 'BOOM' or 'buzz'.

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What is Personification?

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Personification is giving human traits or qualities to non-human things, like saying 'the sun smiled'.

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What is an Idiom?

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An idiom is a phrase that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning, like 'it's raining cats and dogs'.

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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 without using 'like' or 'as', such as 'her hair was silk'.

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What is Hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, like 'I walked a million miles'.

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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 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 Literal Language?

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Literal language means exactly what it says, without any exaggeration or metaphor.

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What is a Figurative Language?

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Figurative language uses words or expressions with a meaning different from the literal interpretation, often to create effects.

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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 effect.