Figurative Language Word Definitions

What is the definition of a Simile?

• A word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places.
• A figure of speech that compares two things or persons which are not similar. A phrase that begins with "as" or "like."
• A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
• When you give human qualities to an object or animal.

What is the definition of a Metaphor?

• A word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places.
• A figure of speech that compares two things or persons which are not similar. A phrase that begins with "as" or "like."
• A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
• When you give human qualities to an object or animal.

What is the definition of a Hyperbole?

• A word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places.
• A figure of speech that compares two things or persons which are not similar. A phrase that begins with "as" or "like."
• A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
• When you give human qualities to an object or animal.

What is the definition of a Personification?

• A word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places.
• A figure of speech that compares two things or persons which are not similar. A phrase that begins with "as" or "like."
• A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
• When you give human qualities to an object or animal.

What is the definition of a Alliteration?

• A poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. A word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing.
• Word combinations that can be used which have a different meaning than the literal meanings of each word.
   
• Happens when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence. The sound is usually a consonant and the words don't have to always be right next to one another.
• A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.

What is the definition of a Onomatopoeia?

• A poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. A word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing.
• Word combinations that can be used which have a different meaning than the literal meanings of each word.
   
• Happens when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence. The sound is usually a consonant and the words don't have to always be right next to one another.
• A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.

What is the definition of a Idiom?

• A poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. A word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing.
• Word combinations that can be used which have a different meaning than the literal meanings of each word.
   
• Happens when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence. The sound is usually a consonant and the words don't have to always be right next to one another.
• A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.

What is the definition of a Allusion?

• A poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. A word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing.
• Word combinations that can be used which have a different meaning than the literal meanings of each word.
   
• Happens when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence. The sound is usually a consonant and the words don't have to always be right next to one another.
• A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.