Figurative Language

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as

Alliteration is...

• an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• a comparison using like or as

• repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Words that sound like their meaning

An exaggerated statement is a...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that does not use like, as, or than

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• A comparison that does use like, as, or than

• words that sound like their meaning

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that sound like what they mean

• an exaggerated statement

• a comparison using like, as, or than

• an expression not meant to be taken literally (ex. On cloud 9, raining cats and dogs)

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

The use of symbols to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature.

• Symbolism

• Couplet

• Free Verse

• Imagery

The main idea, topic, or subject of a poem.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Theme

• Verse

Language and poetic techniques use to create mental pictures and cause emotions in the reader.

• Verse

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Symbolism

The image is an example of what type of figurative language?

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metaphor

simile

personification

hyperbole