FHS English II Figurative Language Review Part I

the creative use of objects, or symbols, to indicate a deeper
meaning or to represent something important

• symbolism

• methaphor

• allusion

• figurative language

a comparison between two unlike objects using the
words like or as in the comparison or connecting words

• allusion

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

the author’s choice of words and arrangement of words

• tone

• mood

• diction

• allusion

a comparison made between two seemingly unlike
objects

• metaphor

• simile

• understatement

• irony

the author’s attitude toward the subject or the audience in
a literary work, the feelings of the writer

• mood

• flashback

• diction

• tone

ideas communicated beyond their literal
meaning to create an image in the reader’s mind.

• imagery

• figurative language

• alliteration

• anaphora

the difference between what actually happens and what might
be expected to happen, especially when this inconsistency seems laughable or absurd

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• irony

the audience or the reader is aware of
something that a character does not know,

helps increase the tension and excitement of the play,

and draws the audience more deeply into the story

• irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• sarcasm

a speaker or writer says one thing but actually
means the opposite

• irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

the outcome of a situation is inconsistent
with what we expect would logically or normally occur

• sarcasm

• irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony