Figurative Language Flashcard

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What is hyperbole?

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A figure of speech that involves exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Example: 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.'

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Example: 'Boom!' for fireworks.

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What is an idiom?

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A common expression or phrase whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words. Example: 'It's raining cats and dogs.'

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What is allusion?

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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. Example: 'He was a real Romeo at the school dance.'

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What is simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'As brave as a lion.'

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What is metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'Time is a thief.'

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What is personification?

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts. Example: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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What is pun?

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A form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similarity in sound for humorous or rhetorical effect. Example: 'Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.'

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What is alliteration?

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Example: 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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What is oxymoron?

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction. Example: 'Deafening silence.'