Figurative Language

A ___________ is when you compare 2 unlikely things.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

A ___________ is a comparison between 2 unlike things using "like" or "as".

• Anaphora

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

__________ is when you give human characteristics to animals, objects or ideas.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Pun

• Analogy

A ___________ is an extreme exaggeration to make a point.

• Analogy

• Pun

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

A ___________ is a word that sounds like the object or action to which they refer.

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Paradox

• Assonance

A __________ is when contradictory terms appears side by side.

• Synecdoche

• Pun

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

_____________ is the repetition of VOWEL sounds within a line.

• Assonance

• Analogy

• Allusion

• Alliteration

_____________ is when a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of a line/clause.

• Allusion

• Analogy

• Anaphora

• Assonance

____________ is the repetition of the same letter/sound at the beginning of words that are close together.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Alliteration

_______________ is a brief/indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

• Synecdoche

• Pun