Poetry: Figurative Language & Poetical Devices

A comparison between unlike objects (not using like, as, resembles, or than) that directly states one thing is another.

• metaphor

• direct metaphor

• implied metaphor

• simile

A comparison between 2 unlike objects that DOES use the words like, as, resembles, or than.

• metaphor

• direct metaphor

• implied metaphor

• simile

An exaggeration used for effect

• hyperbole

• onomoatopoeia

• allusion

• personification

Giving a nonhuman item human characteristics

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• personification

The use of contradictory terms to make an effect

• Onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• allusion

• pun

A play on the multiple meanings of a word; often funny or humorous

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• pun

• alliteration

The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• pun

• assonance

• None of the above

The use of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• assonance

The same internal vowel sound within words that are nearby (but the consonant sounds are different)

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• assonance

A Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture

• alliteration

• assonance

• allusion

• illusion

• none of the above