Figurative Language

"So now Della’s beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters." - "The Gift of the Magi", by O. Henry

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Juxtaposition

"The creek was singing to itself down among the willows" - On the Banks of Plum Creek, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Personification

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Alliteration

• Rhythm

• Symbolism

• Onomatopoeia

I'm dying of exhaustion!

• Allusion

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Personification

“As cold as ice,” “run like the wind,” “eats like a bird,” “as slow as molasses,” and “as tough as nails.”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Rhythm

• Mood

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of

wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it

was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the

season of Darkness…" - A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens

• Imagery

• Litote

• Juxtaposition

• SImile

“The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside” - "Let It Go", Frozen

• Repetition

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

“Cause you know I’d walk a thousand miles/ If I could just see you tonight.” - A Thousand Miles, Vanessa Carlton

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Juxtaposition

• Alliteration

How would allusion be defined?

• a reference to a famous person, place, or event

• words that involve one of the five senses

• two lines working as a unit

• a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

What is the purpose of this allusion?

• A. to provide meaningful connections between texts

• B. both A and D

• C. to give more insight to the character

• D. to engage the reader in an inside joke