Figurative Language Word Definitions

What is the definition of a Simile?

• A word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places.
• A figure of speech that compares two things or persons which are not similar. A phrase that begins with "as" or "like."
• A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
• When you give human qualities to an object or animal.

What is the definition of a Metaphor?

• A word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places.
• A figure of speech that compares two things or persons which are not similar. A phrase that begins with "as" or "like."
• A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
• When you give human qualities to an object or animal.

What is the definition of a Hyperbole?

• A word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places.
• A figure of speech that compares two things or persons which are not similar. A phrase that begins with "as" or "like."
• A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
• When you give human qualities to an object or animal.

What is the definition of a Personification?

• A word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places.
• A figure of speech that compares two things or persons which are not similar. A phrase that begins with "as" or "like."
• A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
• When you give human qualities to an object or animal.

What is the definition of a Alliteration?

• A poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. A word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing.
• Word combinations that can be used which have a different meaning than the literal meanings of each word.
   
• Happens when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence. The sound is usually a consonant and the words don't have to always be right next to one another.
• A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.

What is the definition of a Onomatopoeia?

• A poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. A word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing.
• Word combinations that can be used which have a different meaning than the literal meanings of each word.
   
• Happens when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence. The sound is usually a consonant and the words don't have to always be right next to one another.
• A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.

What is the definition of a Idiom?

• A poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. A word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing.
• Word combinations that can be used which have a different meaning than the literal meanings of each word.
   
• Happens when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence. The sound is usually a consonant and the words don't have to always be right next to one another.
• A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.

What is the definition of a Allusion?

• A poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. A word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing.
• Word combinations that can be used which have a different meaning than the literal meanings of each word.
   
• Happens when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence. The sound is usually a consonant and the words don't have to always be right next to one another.
• A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.

Giving human qualities to animals or objects is (a)  

• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• personification