Figurative Language #1 - Poetry Unit

What is figurative language?

• words that have a melody or a rhythm

• words that rhyme

• words are used in a non-literal way to express certain ideas or add a flourish to speech or writing

• words that mean the same as each other

repeated beginning consonant sounds

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

a comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

A word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the source of the sound that it describes

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

Language used by people who live in certain places.  Spelling and sound of the word may differ from standard English.

• dialect

• idiom

• hyperbole

• symbolism

A common, often used expression that doesn’t make sense if you take it literally

• dialect

• idiom

• hyperbole

• symbolism

an extreme exaggeration

• dialect

• idiom

• hyperbole

• symbolism

when one object or concept stands in for another, usually as a means to “show, not tell” with your writing

• dialect

• idiom

• hyperbole

• symbolism

A comparison between two objects without using “like” or “as”

• metaphor

• simile

• symbolism

• personification