Figurative Language and Poetry Review

words/phrases that have symbolic meaning

• Figurative Language

• Idiom

• Sound Device

• Symbol

comparing two things without using “like” or “as”

Ex: This room is a dump!

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Symbol

comparing two things using “like” or “as”

Ex: Her eyes are as blue as the ocean.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Symbol

giving human characteristics to nonhuman things or animals

Ex: The leaves danced in the wind.

• Personification

• Hyberpole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

obvious exaggeration

Ex: I had a million research papers to grade this weekend!

• Hyperbole

• Symbol

• Idiom

• Metaphor

a person, place or object that stands for something more than itself

• symbol

• idiom

• Figurative Language

• hyperbole

a phrase or sentence that has meaning other than its literal meaning

• Idiom

• Symbol

• Alliteration

• Personification

the use of sound for emphasis

• Sound Device

• Figurative Language

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Which is NOT a sound device:

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

sound effect

Ex: Swish, bang, click, etc.

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Assonance