Figritive Language Flashcards
Simile
A comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
Explicit comparison
“Life is like a box of chocolates”
Metaphor
Is a comparison of tow unlike things to point out one similarity between the two
Implicit comparison
“Life is a roller coaster”
Onimonatapia
The formation of use of words that imitate the sounds associate with the objects or action
Alliteration
When u see the beginning of the sounds being repeated
“We felt dreary and dismal in the darkness of the night”
Personification
When u give human characteristics to a non- human object
“The sun smiled down on use”
Hyperbole
Is an exaggeration statement used for event and not meant to teaken latterly
Idiom
an expression that meant some thing other than the literal meanings of its individual words
@ “ break a leg”