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Figurative Language
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Metaphor | Comparing two unlike things that are not alike to suggest they have something in common. (Ex: He had a vulture eye.) |
| Simile | Comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as.” (Ex: She moved through the house like a mouse.) |
| Personification | A figure of speech in which a thing, idea, or animal is given human characteristics. Giving something nonhuman the qualities or traits of a human. (Ex: The flowers danced in the wind.) |
| Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration to make a point. (Ex: I told you a million times to clean your room.) |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of words to imitate sounds associated with the objects or actions that they refer to. (Ex: Water plops into pond, splish-splash downhill) |
| Idiom | An expression of two or more words that mean something other than the actual or literal meaning. (Ex: wear your heart on your sleeve, time flies when you’re having fun) |
| Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. (Ex: rise high in the bright sky) |
| Consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words. (Ex: Mike likes his new bike.) |
| Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in neighboring words or syllables. (Ex: green grass grows) |
| Imagery | A literary device that evokes a sensory experience or creates a picture in the mind of the reader. (Ex: Writer describes grandma’s freshly baked apple pie, and the reader’s mouth waters.) |
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