Figurative Language

Words that imitate sounds "Boom" "Thwap"

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

Comparing 2 unlike things not using like or as. The children were animals in the lunchroom devouring their food.

• oxymoron

• simile

• metaphor

Comparing 2 unlike things using Like or As. She was as fast as a cheetah in the race.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

Contradictory or opposite words forming 1 word or phrase. Jumbo Shrimp

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

Something meaning the opposite and humorous. The robbers robbed the police station.

• Irony

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Meaning is different from the literal meaning. "Raining cats and dogs"

• irony

• idiom

• simile

An over exaggeration - "I told you a thousand times!"

• allusion

• irony

• hyperbole

when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds. "Go and mow the lawn."

• allusion

• assonance

• imagery

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words. "Silly Sally sat at the sea"

• allusion

• assonance

• alliteration

Reference to a person, place, idea or thing of literary significance. "He was a real Romeo at the dance."

• alliteration

• allusion

• analogy