Eng 9: Figurative Language

A comparison of two things using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Where future events in a story, or perhaps the outcome, are suggested by the author before they happen.

• Repetition

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Situational Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Dramatic Irony

• Personification

An extreme exaggeration.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Foreshadowing

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

A word that imitates a sound.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Epiphany

• Imagery

When a specific word, phrase, or structure is repeated several times, usually in close proximity, to emphasize a particular idea.

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

• Repetition

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

• Dramatic Irony

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

A situation in which the audience knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know.

• Dramatic Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Verbal Irony