Figurative Language Vocabulary

figurative language

• repeating the first sounds in words

• something that creates an effect in reading

• comparison using “like” or “as”

• a reference to something famous

simile

• comparison not using “like” or “as”

• exaggeration

• sound word

• comparison using “like” or “as”

metaphor

• comparison using “like” or “as”

• repeating the first sounds in words

• words that mean something different than the literal meaning

• comparison not using “like” or “as”

hyperbole

• an exaggeration

• something that creates an effect in reading

• a phrase that contradicts each other

• words that mean something different than literal meaning

onomatopoeia

• repeating the first sounds in words

• comparison using “like” or “as”

• an exaggeration

• sound word

personification

• repeating the first sounds in words

• giving human qualities to non-humans

• a phrase that contradicts each other

• comparison not using “like” or “as”

alliteration

• a reference to something famous

• words that mean something different than literal meaning

• repeating the first sounds in words

• an exaggeration

allusion

• giving human qualities to non-humans

• comparison using “like” or “as”

• a phrase that contradicts each other

• a reference to something famous

idiom

• words that mean something different than the literal meaning

• sound word

• an overused statement

• something that creates an effect in reading

oxymoron

• a reference to something famous

• a phrase that contradicts each other

• repeating the first sounds in words

• words that mean something different than literal meaning