Figurative Language

Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words in a phrase

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

An indirect reference to another literary work or historical event

• Allusion

• Simile

• Irony

• Paradox

A word or phrase used as an exaggeration of the literal meaning

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyberbole

Making a comparison between two unlike things

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Characterization

A word that sounds like the noise the word would make

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Synecdoche

• Pun

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman or inanimate things

• Characterization

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Making a comparison using “like” or “as”

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Pun

Saying "passed away" instead of "died" is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Euphemism

Sarcasm is an example of...

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

"How much does a polar bear weigh? Enough to break the ice." is an example of...

• Pun

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Anaphora