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Literary Terms #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| figurative language | Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. Examples are similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, or idioms. |
| personification | giving human qualities to a non-human (the moon yawned, the flowers nodded their heads) |
| simile | compares two unlike things by saying one is like or as another (sly as a fox) |
| hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration (I waited in line for a year) |
| idiom | A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. (I'm going to hit the books.) |
| metaphor | Compares two unlike things by saying one is the other. (The snow is a white blanket.) |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like the noise they make (buzz, crunch, hiccup) |
| alliteration | When several words that begin with the same sound are next to each other, or close together. (wounded world, wonderous one) |
| compare | to explain how two things are alike |
| contrast | to explain how two things are different |
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