Figurative Language

a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• irony

• personification

a comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing IS another dissimilar object or thing

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

• juxtaposition

• idiom

• hyperbole

• allusion

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• personification

• imagery

• hyperbole

• irony

an expression that means something totally different than the the literal interpretation of its words would suggest

• literal language

• idiom

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

uses words or phrases that do not have everyday, literal meanings

• literal language

• figurative language

• assonance

• allusion

describes using 5 senses; helps you see it in your mind

• juxtaposition

• simile

• idiom

• imagery

an indirect reference to something, meant to call it to mind without mentioning it by name

• juxtaposition

• allusion

• idiom

• irony

words with sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing, i.e. "boom" or "splash"

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• metaphor

the use of language to mean something different or opposite from the literal meaning, often used to create humor

• hyperbole

• irony

• allusion

• simile